Just a couple of the world’s biggest stars from literature and music ran into each other at a book festival over the weekend. Nobel laureate Seamus Heaney was reading at the Dalkey Book Festival, now in its third year, when U2 singer and local resident Bono decided to drop by and listen. “Seamus was...
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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 Prime Minister of England was out for a bite to eat and maybe a pint or two with his family at a typical english pub. What wasn’t typical was the fact that after having left the restaurant, Cameron returned a few minutes later to pick up his forgotten eigh year old forgotten child....
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Nicola’s mother Angie buried her face in her hands. Nearby her father, Andrew, was a broken man. Other family members stood in complete shock and clutched each other. As rain pelted down, the family prepared for a long journey to the funeral home in Gorey, Co Wexford. DCU student Nicola couldn’t wait to finish...
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From the Facebook page of Archdiocese of New York, Cardinal Timothy Dolan of St. Patrick’s Cathedral: Insights from the Press I would like to share two well-written editorials about the recent lawsuit against the healthcare mandate. The first editorial was printed in yesterday’s New York Daily News. Here is an excerpt: The church’s positions...
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The energized Katy Perry took to the stage at the Brooklyn Waterfront in New York on Wednesday to perform at the US traditional Fleet Week event wearing an American flag dress to kick off the Memorial Day weekend. The ‘California Gurls’ singer was performing at the celebration show which takes place each year and...
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The prosecution in the Michaela McAreavey murder trial in Mauritius has begun outlining its case against two accused men who brutally murdered her on her honeymoon. Mauritius is a small island about 400 miles east of Madagascar. Mrs McAreavey, from Ballygawley, Co Tyrone, was the only daughter of Mickey Harte, the GAA boss who...
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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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