The Bishop of Cloyne has asked for prayers for all of those affected by the tragic deaths of a married couple and their daughter in Cobh at the weekend. The couple, Michael and Valerie Greaney, were found dead in an apparent murder-suicide at their home in Cobh on Sunday afternoon, and their their 21-year-old daughter…

The head of the leading pro-life campaign group in the North is appealing her conviction for harassment. Bernadette Smyth, the founder of Precious Life, was found guilty last month of harassing Dawn Purvis, director of the Marie Stopes clinic in Belfast. She has now been sentenced to community service, ordered to pay £2,000 compensation and…

St Mel’s rises from ashes after inferno

Baby Jesus melts the heart of "Big Bad Ben of Bethlehem" and helps him become "Nice, Kind, Brilliant Ben of Bethlehem" in the Senior Infant Nativity Play in Guardian Angels School, Blackrock, Dublin. Photo: Anne Collins  

Abuse survivor lauded for “outstanding” leadership

The Poor Clare community in Cork are celebrating the centenary of their arrival in the city, thanks to a local businessman who funded the construction of their monastery. The Poor Clares moved into their monastery on College Road on Christmas Eve 1914. The building was funded by Walter Dwyer, whose daughter Mary (Sr Maria) was…

Popular adult cartoon series praised by Vatican newspaper