Irish archbishops seek meeting with Taoiseach about Mass suspension

Ireland’s four Catholic archbishops have requested a meeting with the country’s Taoiseach to raise concerns about the fact that it is the only place in Europe where public worship has been suspended in response to a fresh wave of Covid-19. The four metropolitan archbishops wrote to Taoiseach Micheál Martin to highlight the disappointment of parishioners in the Irish Republic.... Read More

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October 3, 2020

Bishop thanks Albert Gubay Charitable Foundation for ‘magnanimous donation’

The Bishop of Ossory has thanked The Albert Gubay Charitable Foundation for a “magnanimous donation of €500,000” to Catholic frontline charities during the Covid-19 pandemic. Bishop Dermot Farrell, Chair of the Council for Finance and General Purposes of the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference, acknowledged the significant donation of The Albert Gubay Charitable Foundation to charities... Read More

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September 21, 2020

Irish priest spurns Vatican plan that would have allowed return to ministry

A well-known Irish priest who has been in a dispute with the Vatican for several years over his controversial views has rejected a plan from the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith that would have restored him to public ministry. Redemptorist Fr Tony Flannery has been forbidden to exercise public ministry since 2012 after... Read More

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July 24, 2020

Irish Minister for Health urged to give assurances on telemedicine abortions

The Irish Minister for Health has a duty to give explicit assurances concerning telemedicine abortions, pro-lifers have said. Their statement comes as the Minister for Health, Stephen Donnelly, has refused to definitively state on the record that the system of remote or home access to abortion will cease to happen after the Covid-19 crisis comes... Read More

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July 13, 2020

Irish border poll far too divisive at this stage, says Taoiseach

The Irish premier has ruled out a border poll as “far too divisive at this stage”. Micheal Martin said he instead wants to focus on building relationships to share the island of Ireland “in peace and harmony”. He also urged an “injection of momentum” in the Brexit talks between the UK and EU to find... Read More

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July 5, 2020

Thousands of abortions in Ireland should be ‘fresh call to conversion’, say bishops

Ireland’s bishops have mourned the thousands of unborn babies who were aborted in the country last year, saying the “staggering” number is a “fresh call to conversion” for politicians and society as a whole. Official statistics, released by the Department of Health and described by pro-life groups as “Ireland’s shame”, revealed that 6,666 abortions were... Read More

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June 27, 2020

New deal paves the way to historic Irish coalition government

Fine Gael, Fianna Fail and the Green Party have voted to go into government, marking the beginning of a historic coalition. Ireland’s next Government will be formed later today after the parties voted resoundingly to enter coalition. Members of the environmentalist party decided by a 76 per cent majority to form an administration with the... Read More

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May 20, 2020

Irish Catholic footballer recalls asking staff to bin hate mail he received following Rangers move

A Catholic footballer has revealed that he received so much hate mail when he joined Glasgow Rangers that he had to ask the club’s front desk staff to open and bin them. Jon Daly became one of the first high-profile Catholic players from the Republic of Ireland to play for Rangers when he moved there... Read More

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May 4, 2020

An Irish Dominican brother who trained as a doctor is back treating patients with Covid-19

Br Chris Gault, who has been studying for the priesthood with the Dominicans, has returned to his native Belfast, Northern Ireland, and donned surgical scrubs to be part of the fight against the virus in the Mater Misericordiae Hospital where he once served. He graduated from Queen’s University in 2013 and completed foundation training as... Read More

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Irish archbishops seek meeting with Taoiseach about Mass suspension

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Irish priest spurns Vatican plan that would have allowed return to ministry

Irish Minister for Health urged to give assurances on telemedicine abortions

Irish border poll far too divisive at this stage, says Taoiseach

Thousands of abortions in Ireland should be ‘fresh call to conversion’, say bishops

New deal paves the way to historic Irish coalition government

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