Hundreds of people attended a protest in Dublin at the weekend calling for an end to funding for the Irish Family Planning Association (IFPA)- an affiliate of Planned Parenthood – which was organised by Youth Defence in the wake of the controversy surrounding undercover videos exposing the sale of aborted baby parts. 

Family, friends and parishioners gathered at St Malachy’s Church, Kilclief in Co. Down to mark the first anniversary of Fr Colm McGrady, who died in August 2014 having served as parish priest in Strangford and Kilclief since 2008. Fr Brian Donnelly, a classmate of Fr Colm’s, was the celebrant at the Mass and was joined…

The parish priest of the Co. Meath winner of the Rose of Tralee has said the community is very proud of her achievement. Meath Rose Elysha Brennan (pictured, 22) from Bettystown, was crowned the 56th Rose of Tralee at the international festival in Kerry last week. Fr Denis McNelis, PP of Laytown-Mornington parish, told The…

Tuam’s Archbishop Michael Neary has congratulated the stewards and handmaids who serve at Knock shrine in a homily marking 80 years of the Knock Shrine Society. Speaking at Mass during the Knock Novena, Dr Neary praised the “sensitive, effective and eloquent presence” of the stewards and handmaids who minister to pilgrims and invalids. The archbishop,…

Bishop William Crean has said he was “unable to approve” the invitation to controversial cleric Fr Tony Flannery to give an address in his diocese. The Bishop of Cloyne said the invitation from the Killeagh/Inch parish pastoral council to Fr Flannery was extended in good faith but that he had been “obliged” to inform the…

NGOs tasked with identifying improvements to the direct provision system for asylum-seekers and refugees have said the “clock is ticking” on the Government’s time frame for the implementation of key recommendations. The report by the Government-appointed working group was published on July 1 and among the key recommendations was a proposal to fast-track the granting of residency…

A Redemptorist missionary from Co. Kerry is the recipient of this year’s Hugh O’Flaherty International Humanitarian Award. Fr Sean Myers – who was nominated by his home town of Fossa – works in Brazil in an isolated parish over half the size of the island of Ireland. The award is organised to raise awareness of…

Staff Reporter Hundreds of people attended a protest in Dublin at the weekend calling for an end to funding for the Irish Family Planning Association (IFPA) – an affiliate of Planned Parenthood – in the wake of the controversy surrounding undercover videos exposing the sale of aborted baby parts.  The Centre for Medical Progress has released…