In brief

In brief
Partnership

 study to
 investigate
 adult
 Faith

New research to be carried out over a three-year period hopes to provide a broad picture of current practice in adult religious education and faith community development in Ireland today.

The research will be conducted in partnership with DCU’s Mater Dei Centre for Catholic Education and the Presentation Sisters. The announcement of a three-year partnership to enable research into community-based adult religious education was made on June 10.

 

Incoming prison reports
 raise
 concerns

The Government must stop ignoring the “chronic” problems in our prisons which are a danger to staff and prisoners, the Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice has said.

The comments come in response to a June 7 announcement by the Minister of Justice that the Irish Prison Service’s 2017 Annual Report will be launched in the coming weeks. Eoin Carroll, Deputy Director of the Jesuit Centre said: “The Minister and Irish Prison Service have to stop ignoring chronic problems in our prisons including overcrowding in women’s prisons, the numbers on restricted regimes, and the needs of young adults.”