The Irish Council for Prisoners Overseas has launched a social media awareness campaign entitled: ‘Good to Know Before You Go’. The campaign, which involves a brief video and humorous messages and images on social media, seeks to encourage young Irish emigrants to take care of themselves and each other, while respecting laws and customs when travelling, living and working abroad.
Prisoners Overseas
Irish Council for Prisoners Overseas information for media
Irish Council for Prisoners Overseas information for media In response to media queries over the last number of days concerning the imprisonment of Irish citizens abroad, the Irish Council for Prisoners Overseas (ICPO) wishes to publish the following updated...
ICPO: Responding to the needs of Irish prisoners overseas and their families
The Irish Council for Prisoners Overseas (ICPO) is a charitable organisation established by the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference in 1985, which works on behalf of Irish prisoners overseas to provide information and support to these prisoners and their families.
Pope Tells Prisoners That Divine Justice Isn’t Like Man’s
Benedict XVI says that divine justice and human justice are very different, since for humans, the two realities are distinguished, whereas for God, they coincide. The Pope said this on Sunday when he went to Rebbibia prison in the north of Rome.
Irish Prison Chaplains Annual Report 2010
Submitted to the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform 29 November 2010 | Irish Prison Chaplains Irish Prison Chaplains Annual Report 2010 Text available to download here in pdf format Get Adobe Acrobat Reader
Address by Bishop Christopher Jones at Conference to mark the 25th Anniversary of the Irish Council for Prisoners Overseas
PRESS RELEASE9 November 2010 ‘The Pastoral Care of Prisoners Overseas and their Families’ Address by Bishop Christopher Jones, Bishop of Elphin and Chair of the Commission for Pastoral Care of the Irish Bishops’ Conference at Bridging the Distance – Supporting Irish...
Address by Bishop Séamus Hegarty at Conference to mark the 25th Anniversary of the Irish Council for Prisoners Overseas
PRESS RELEASE9 November 2010 ICPO Conference - Celebrating the Silver Jubilee of its Foundation with the Theme Bridging the Distance – Supporting Irish Prisoners Overseas and their families Address by Bishop Séamus Hegarty, Bishop of Derry and Chair of the Council for...
ICPO 25th Anniversary Conference
On 9 November the Irish Council for Prisoners Overseas (ICPO) held a conference 'Bridging the Distance
ICPO 25th Anniversary
Irish Council for Prisoners Overseas 25th Anniversary Conference: 'Bridging the Distance - Supporting Irish Prisoners Overseas and their families' The Irish Council for Prisoners Overseas (ICPO), a pastoral outreach established by the Catholic Bishops of Ireland in...
ICPO News
A newsletter published by the ICPO of interest to Irish prisoners and their families Ongoing | Irish Council for Prisonsers Overseas Download pdf versions of recent issues: Summer 2009 (~1.1MB) Summer 2008 (~833Kb) Get Adobe Acrobat...
I was in prison and you visited me
Article for Prisoners Week November 2008 14 November 2008 | Thinking Faith, the online journal of the British Jesuits I was in prison and you visited me Written for Prisoners Week November 2008, the sentiments expressed in this article by Tony O’Riordan SJ, resonate...
Feature 7 November 2008 | Restorative Justice Week
Restorative Justice Week takes place in Ireland from 9-16 November and highlights the need to explore alternatives to prison Restorative Justice Week 9-16 November 2008 Information about activities during Restorative Justice Week can be found below; as well as an...
Synodality and Evangelisation are the two sides of the same coin - Cardinal Grech
What is most encouraging the integrity of the process - Julieann Moran & Fr Eamonn Fitzgibbon
"We were greatly encouraged that we were not alone" - Bishop Fintan Monahan
"There was a real sense that people feel they have gifts they want to offer " - Prof Anna Rowlands
Building Hope - Moving Forward in 2023
What you could sense was a deep love for the Church
What we heard from Catholics from around the world - Austen Ivereigh
"I just feel a great sense of gratitude" - National Pre-Synodal Assembly
"We have been coming to this day since the Second Vatican Council" National Pre-Synodal Assembly
"It reaffirmed the work that was done in the various dioceses ..." National Pre-Synodal Assembly
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