Courtney McGrailRonsard’s rose garden is a pure delight Stratford-upon-Avon, especially in summer, is one of the world’s most popular tourist attractions: the crowds come not to see the Royal Shakespeare Company at the theatre, but the birth place of Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway’s Cottage. The theatre with its celebrated productions is a truly vital place –…
Month: July 2015
Appeal made for info on Disappeared
Following the discovery in Co. Meath of what are believed to be the remains of Séamus Wright and Kevin McKee who were abducted and killed by the IRA, former NI police ombudsman Nuala O’Loan has appealed for information on the location of the remaining Disappeared. “The greatest problem is to persuade people to talk because…
Thousands are expected at pro-life rally
Thousands are expected to attend the island’s biggest pro-life event of the year this weekend, with Dublin hosting the All Ireland Rally for Life. Now in its ninth year the rally is alternately hosted between Dublin and Belfast, and the Dublin event in 2013 saw an estimated 60,000 people march through the capital’s main streets.…
Tributes paid to victims in Tunisia
Local bishops have paid tribute to the three Irish people killed by a gunman in Tunisia and offered their prayers and condolences to their families. Bishop Michael Smith of Meath paid tribute to Lorna Carty, a nurse from Robinstown as a woman “known to, and loved by, very many people”. “The brutal circumstances of Lorna’s…
Waterford ordains first permanent deacon
Dr Lazarus Gidoff became the first person ordained for the permanent diaconate in the Diocese of Waterford in a ceremony led by Bishop Phoncie Cullinan in St Oliver’s Church in Clonmel on Sunday. Rev. Lazarus is married to Seena and they have three children, Romald, Serena and Tracy. He is a native of Kerala in…
Syria archbishop calls for help
The Maronite Archbishop of Damascus has written to Aid to the Church in Need, pleading for help in the face of the deteriorating situation in Syria. In a letter entitled ‘From Anxiety to Hope’, Archbishop Samir Nassar says that it seems that the Syrian crisis is “the cruellest human drama since the Second World War”.…
Syria archbishop calls for help
The Maronite Archbishop of Damascus has written to Aid to the Church in Need, pleading for help in the face of the deteriorating situation in Syria. In a letter entitled ‘From Anxiety to Hope’, Archbishop Samir Nassar says that it seems that the Syrian crisis is “the cruellest human drama since the Second World War”.…
US court stops anti-dismemberment law
The enactment of a Kansas law intended to stop the abortion by dismemberment of human fetuses during their second trimester has been temporarily stopped by the courts. Shawnee County District Court judge Larry Hendricks has granted a temporary injunction against the US state’s Unborn Child Protection from Dismemberment Abortion Act, which was to go into…
Media silence noted
Dear Editor, RTÉ News very briefly carried the tragic story of the young Irish woman who in 2012 died after an abortion carried out at a London clinic. Three abortion clinic staff – a doctor and two nurses – were being charged in court with manslaughter and negligence. Subsequently other media ignored this woman’s tragic…
Liturgy as source of life
Cathal BarryThe Church teaches that liturgy is a participation in Christ’s own prayer, writes Cathal Barry