Month: November 2017

Family News and Events

Sugar club screens Disney classics Running up to Christmas, the Sugar Club on Dublin’s Leeson Street is showing a series of Disney films, including such Pixar classics as The Lion King, which shows this weekend. The ‘Disney Xmas Classics’ series runs at 3pm every Saturday, and is a must for Disney lovers of all ages.…

Faith in the Family

I can feel the Christmas crazy beginning to descend. I have had great plans about being organised. I actually bought a couple of presents about six weeks ago – but then it all went pear-shaped again and I find myself with a list of things to do and a shorter Advent to do them in. Advent…

Out & About

Cork: Young people from the Diocese of Cloyne who were honoured for their contribution to the lives of their local parish through the Pope John Paul II awards.

Out & About

Kerry: Amy O’Sullivan (left), Olivia Nix, and Natasha Tobin attended a day for transition year students from Presentation Secondary school Tralee, which was organised by Our Lady and St Brendan’s Parish, St John’s Parish and Spa/Fenit Parish. Photo: John Cleary.

Out & About

Wicklow: Pictured at an ecumenical service of remembrance in St Kevin’s Church Glencree, Co. Wicklow are Fr Bernard Kennedy PP St Mary’s Enniskerry, Dr Sigurd Rink, military bishop, Evangelical Church in German, Pastor Stephen Arras, Dublin Lutheran Church and Revd Kenneth Newell, Presbyterian Church, Belfast. The service was organised by the Dublin Lutheran Church in…

Avoiding the Christmas overspend

Colm Fitzpatrick explores how to cut down on costs this Christmas   Christmas often elicits imagery of family gatherings, present-sharing and festive cuisine, but behind this ideal hides many financial costs and burdens. Last year, Retail Ireland projected that the average Irish household spent over €2,500 on Christmas gifts, which may find their root in…