by Oisin Walsh | Jun 5, 2017 | News archive 2017
I am delighted at the decision by the Supreme Court last Tuesday requiring a change to the law that prohibits asylum seekers from working. The words of the Court are powerful and profound, and speak to what we should aspire to: “This damage to the...
by Oisin Walsh | Jun 2, 2017 | Features, Front Page Banners, Headlines
The official hymn for the World Meeting of Families 2018 was launched today in Dublin at an event attended by Cardinal Kevin Farrell, Prefect of the Vatican’s Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life. The hymn called A Joy For All The Earth was written by...
by Oisin Walsh | Jun 2, 2017 | Features, Headlines
Trócaire has won a Silver Medal for its show garden at this year’s Bloom festival in Phoenix Park, Dublin. Trócaire’s show garden highlights its work with communities fighting for their land rights in Central America. This is Trócaire’s first time at Bloom, and...
by Oisin Walsh | May 29, 2017 | Features, Front Page Banners, Headlines
Bookings are now being taken for The Irish Church Music Association’s 48th Summer School which will take place from 5 to 8 July 2017 in Saint Patrick’s College, Maynooth, Co Kildare. The theme for the Summer School this year is Joy for the World! This...
by Oisin Walsh | May 28, 2017 | News archive 2017, Northern Ireland
· Suggested questions for voters to consider putting to election candidates “Love is civic and political, and it makes itself felt in every action that seeks to build a better world” – from Pope Francis’ 2015 encyclical letter Laudato Si’ (para 231). The Christian...
