Courtney McGrail explores the options available for family camping holidays
Courtney McGrail
The Club at Eddyís Bar
This is an interesting exploration of the state of Eastern Europe since the fall of communism, in many ways it echoes the atmosphere of a 1930s novel, but yet is right up to date in the attitudes to society and politics and money. This is a world which the author, a former journalist turned industrialist,…
First citizen on a mission
Pádraic Grant meets a politician inspired by the example of Pope Francis
Church offers support after ‘sacrilegious’ synagogue attack
Jewish community left in shock
Cristiano Ronaldo… the world superstar who almost never was
Portugal international and Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo is hailed as one of the greatest footballers in the world. But, it could have been very different as the talented player’s mother has now revealed how she tried to abort her unborn child. Just weeks after Ronaldo thrilled fans during the recent World Cup, his mother…
Limerick celebrates ordination
Fr David Casey pictured with Bishop Brendan Leahy and priests of Limerick diocese after his ordination ceremony at St John’s Cathedral, Limerick, July 19, 2014.
Community offers to clean up vandalised church
Act of vandalism described as ‘callous and cowardly’
Congolese family feared dead make a ‘miracle’ Irish reunion
A Congolese family, separated when fleeing from a violent conflict at home, have made an emotional reunion in Cork thanks to the efforts of local volunteers. Benz Tshiania and his wife Rose were separated last year when they escaped violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and both feared that the other was dead. Unknown…
A kiss for the cardinal
The wonders of creation around us
Mary Litton Here is a book which anyone interested in flowers and plants will enjoy and learn from. But it is a large scholarly work, and though written in an attractive and lively style, it still runs to nearly 800 pages and its price is commensurately high. Peter Wyse Jackson was formerly the director of…