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…
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…
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…
Alcohol sales are restricted in Ireland in all sorts of ways. For example, an off-licence cannot sell alcohol before 10.30am from Monday to Saturday, or before 12.30pm on a Sunday, and never after 10pm. Pubs must close after a certain hour. ‘Happy Hour’ – selling alcohol at a reduced price during a certain time of…
Fr Ciaran Dougherty OP At the beginning of the Metaphysics, Aristotle said “all men desire to know.” And he was right. But he wasn’t just talking about the acquisition of random knowledge, he had a very specific thing in mind. He wanted to know what was what. This day after your ordination, it may seem that…
Niamh Uí Bhriain By any standards, Karen Gaffney is an extraordinary person. A long-distance swimmer who relay swam the English Channel, she is an impressive and witty public speaker whose TED talk on inclusion for people with disabilities has captured global attention. She is also the first living person with Down Syndrome to receive an…
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…
Irish missionaries are renowned and respected across Africa, but not many have lived the eclectic life of one man in particular. This Limerick native taught at Catholic schools, worked as an ambulance driver and in hospital administration, survived malaria, and now serves as the Chancellor of a diocese the same size as the island of…
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…
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…
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