The Primate of all Ireland has paid tribute to three teenagers who died following reports of a crush outside a St Patrick’s Day disco. Lauren Bullock, 17, Connor Currie, 16, and Morgan Barnard, 17, from Dungannon in Co Tyrone, died in the tragedy at the Greenvale Hotel, in Cookstown, Co Tyrone. Police said it appeared […]
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The Primate of All-Ireland has offered prayers to St Patrick, asking him to “watch over Ireland” and “protect humanity” amid Brexit uncertainty. The Archbishop of Armagh, Eamon Martin, revealed that he has been hearing families across Ireland express anxiety about what the future might hold. In his St Patrick’s Day message to the people of […]
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The birthday of a Catholic mum who died from a brain tumour was marked by a mass skydive to raise funds to help find a cure for the disease. Sue Blasotta, of Palmers Green, a passionate fundraiser, who undertook a skydive herself before she learnt she had brain cancer, died at the age of 42 […]
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Alcohol, smoking and chocolates are some of the most well-known vices that people traditionally give up during Lent. But now Massgoers in Ireland are being urged to make what might be an even harder sacrifice throughout the penitential six-week period – switching off their mobile phones. Parishioners in Navan, County Meath, are being urged to […]
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Students around the world are missing classes to take to the streets to protest against their governments’ failure to take sufficient action against global warming. The co-ordinated ‘school strikes’, being held from the South Pacific to the edge of the Arctic Circle, were inspired by 16-year-old Swedish activist Greta Thunberg, who began holding solitary demonstrations […]
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A teenager whose family is active in the justice and peace movement has won the writing section of the young journalists competition in the Columban region of Britain with her article ‘Facing up to Climate Change’. Fifteen-year-old Anna Joy Marshall of St Mary’s Catholic High School in Chesterfield said: “This competition has made me think […]
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The sister of a teenage shop worker shot from behind as he crawled away from soldiers on Bloody Sunday has said she would like to meet his killer. Jean Hegarty’s brother Kevin McElhinney was 17 when he was shot dead during a civil rights march in Derry in 1972. After learning no paratroopers will be […]
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Classical star Carly Paoli, who provided the voice for Pope Francis’ Jubilee Year of Mercy, is celebrating her Italian roots with her first single of 2019, I’ Te Vurria Vasà (I Want To Kiss You). Written and composed by Vincenzo Russo and Eduardo di Capua in 1900, and first played to Ms Paoli by her […]
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One former paratrooper is to be prosecuted for two murders and four attempted murders on Bloody Sunday, Northern Ireland’s Public Prosecution Service (PPS) has announced. The veteran, known as Soldier F, will face prosecution for the murders of James Wray and William McKinney and the attempted murders of Joseph Friel, Michael Quinn, Joe Mahon and […]
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Families of those killed on Bloody Sunday have gathered in Derry as 17 soldiers involved on the day wait to find out if they are to be prosecuted. Relatives were joined by supporters close to the scene of the shootings in Derry’s Bogside ahead of a march to a city centre hotel where they will […]
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