A file is being prepared for the DPP after pro-life campaigners accused two gardaí of confiscating legal campaign posters at a demonstration in Kilkenny on Saturday. It is alleged that 10 minutes after pro-life volunteers arrived and began campaigning, two gardaí approached the pro-life group Youth Defence, saying they had received numerous complaints about their…
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New books brings Lough Derg to life
Lough Derg is brought to life in Peggy goes on Pilgrimage and Lough Derg’s Colouring Book, thanks to author and member of the pastoral team Mary McDaid. “These two books have been in my head for nearly as long as I’ve been blessed to work each summer on Lough Derg and that’s a long time…
Call for empty house tax to boost supply
The Government should consider taxing the owners of needlessly empty houses in an attempt to increase housing supply in the capital, a leading homelessness campaigner has said. Commenting on reports that hundreds of properties are lying vacant around the city, Mike Allen of Focus Ireland told The Irish Catholic that efforts should be made to…
Homily remembers three Donegal women killed in crash
Thanks were given for the lives of three women who tragically lost their lives in a car crash in Co Louth at their funeral mass at the Church of Saint Joseph and Saint Conal in Donegal. The three women were travelling home to Bruckless from Dublin Airport and were killed in a three-car collision on…
Revisiting the Alma Mater
Victoria Holthaus & Colm Fitzpatrick Past attendees of All Hallows seminary in Dublin returned to their beloved campus to celebrate their jubilee anniversaries last week. For most it has been 25, 30, 40 and even 60 years since they have been ordained but attendees still felt quite at home, as they came together to celebrate…
Order dedicated to the Holy Land invests new members
Two new members were admitted as Dames of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre in Maynooth at the weekend. During a Mass presided over by Cardinal Seán Brady in the College Chapel, Veronica Holohan and Eleanor Hurl were invested as dames. With its roots in ancient times, members the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre…
Out and About
Fatima centenary conference A conference to make the jubilee centenary of Our Lady of Fatima will be held from September 8-9 in the Drummond Hotel, Ballykelly, Co. Derry. Speakers include Fr John Walsh OP, Black Abbey; Prof. Fr Ailbe O’REilly ORC, Prof. of Theology in Newman College; Prof. William A. Thomas of the Pontifical Marian…
Italy’s drought forces Vatican to turn off 100 fountains
Prolonged drought in the city of Rome has caused Vatican officials to begin turning off 100 fountains as a heatwave hits Italy – this includes two baroque fountains in St Peter’s Square. Vatican spokesperson Greg Burke said that turning off the fountains was, “the Vatican’s way of living in solidarity with Rome, trying to help…
The parents of critically-ill Charlie Gard drop case
Following the decision of Charlie Gard’s parents to end the legal battle for their critically-ill child to be flown to the US, Catholic Bishops in the UK expressed their sympathy. For almost half a year the baby’s parents fought to have him transferred to the US to undergo specialist treatment. They decided not to continue,…
US bishops call for protections for young migrants
The US Conference of Catholic Bishops urged the Trump administration to “ensure permanent protection” for young people brought to the US as minors without legal documentation. Chair of the Migration Committee, Bishop Joe Vasquez of Texas, reiterated the bishops’ support for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), a 2012 policy which gives recipients a…