Northern Ireland Loyalists are mounting a legal challenge against a decision by N. Ireland’s Parades Commission to place restrictions on a contentious 12 July march in north Belfast this Thursday. The Commission has ordered that the parade through Ardoyne to wrap up several hours earlier than usual this year. The North and West Belfast...
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Ireland’s Government has approved the drafting of new legislation which will require the inclusion of the name of the father on birth certificates for non-marital births. The law requires single mothers to name the fathers of their children on birth certificates under the newly planned legislation. It is estimated that about 4,000 children do...
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Hundreds of mourners gathered in Co Wicklow for the funeral mass of James Nolan, who died in Poland during the European football championships. The 21-year-old student drowned after falling into a river in the city of Bydgoszcz. Among the mourners in Blessington were Irish goalkeeper Shay Given and FAI Chief Executive John Delaney. Ireland’s...
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The thoughtful Mayor of the Polish city of Bydgoszcz has asked for a minute’s silence before the start of one of the Euro 2012 quarter finals in memory of tragedy that had befallen Irish fan James Nolan whose body was discovered yesterday. Rafal Bruski told independent.ie today that he intends to write to UEFA...
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The benevolent Pope Benedict knows well that the Irish Church is suffering and in need of hope and renewal, Papal Legate Cardinal Marc Ouelett assured more than 5,000 pilgrims at Knock Shrine on Saturday. At a special Mass in Knock Basilica, Cardinal Ouelett explained he had been asked by Pope Benedict to come on...
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A renegade group representing more than 800 Irish priests last night leaked information about a private Vatican report about an inspection of the Irish College in Rome. The report was compiled by the popular Cardinal of New York, Cardinal Timothy Dolan and was then sent on privately to Pope Benedict himself, but according to...
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Yesterday, at the RDS Dublin the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin, Dr Diarmuid Martin, urged the mainstream Christian churches to work together in the spirit of cooperation in facing the looming challenges posed by secularisation. Meanwhile, his Church of Ireland counterpart Dr Michael Jackson said Christians need to garner the good news that has...
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The 50th International Eucharistic Congress will be opened in Dublin this afternoon by Pope Benedict’s representative, Cardinal Marc Ouellet. The ceremony at the RDS Arena will be attended by at least 20,000 pilgrims, over a quarter of them from overseas. Eucharistic Congresses are held every four years and it is eight decades since the...
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A Father’s Legacy
One of my personal favorite stories discovered in the Sunday edition of the Wall Street Journal a few years back. JUNE 16, 2007 A Father’s Legacy Playing in dad’s office, cheering with him at the game, hiking together — then losing him to illness at age 8. How a few short years of parenting...
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