Irish bishop offers to mediate among gangs: ‘Something has to be done’

An Irish bishop has offered to mediate between feuding criminal gangs in Drogheda in an effort to end violence that has claimed three lives in six months. The intervention by the Auxiliary Bishop of Armagh, Michael Router, follows the brutal murder of 17-year-old Keane Mulready-Woods of Drogheda in mid-January and the discovery of the teenager’s... Read More

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July 10, 2019

Irish Primate: Bring back “temperance movement”

The leader of the Catholic Church in Ireland has called for the reintroduction of a “temperance movement” in Irish society in an attempt to deal with drug and alcohol addiction, as well as increasing gang violence. “We see how addictions like this can devastate family life and social life. There is no future in a... Read More

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January 18, 2019

Hospitals told to drop Catholic name if offering abortions

Hospitals that were once Catholic but no longer have a Catholic ethos and allow abortions should be renamed in order to remove any links to Catholicism, pro-lifers and medics in Ireland have said. Their comments come in response to reports that Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda, Co Louth, may have performed one of... Read More

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August 23, 2018

Looking back at St John Paul II’s visit to Ireland

The last papal visit to Ireland drew the biggest crowds the country had witnessed at a single event. It is almost 40 years since St John Paul II toured the country over three days. It was the first visit by a pope to the country and an estimated 2.7 million people, or half the population... Read More

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August 20, 2018

Pope fans recall 1979 Ireland visit of John Paul II

It has been almost 40 years since the last Papal visit in Ireland, when Pope John Paul II toured for three days drawing in crowds of millions. During his trip to Ireland in 1979, the Pope visited Dublin, Drogheda, Galway, Knock and Maynooth. An estimated 2.7 million people went to see him, with many travelling... Read More

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