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'God is still calling' - 10 students begin priesthood studies for Irish dioceses

Ten students have begun their priesthood studies for Irish dioceses. The new students have begun their Propaedeutic programme for the 2022-2023 academic year which, upon completion, allows the seminarians to apply to a seminary to continue formation ...

28 Sept 2022 at 16:36

National News

Dozens of Irish men gather at St Pat's to explore potential call to priesthood

Dozens of men from dioceses across Ireland have attended the national seminary to explore their potential call to vocation. Thirty six men from Irish dioceses enrolled in this year's weekend gathering at St Patrick's College, Maynooth to help ...

21 Nov 2023 at 11:29

National News

'The kindest person you could meet' - Huge sadness after untimely death of young Irish priest

There is huge sadness in Louth and Armagh after the untimely death of priest Fr Brian White. Fr White has served in a number of Louth parishes, including St Patrick's Dundalk, Blackrock and Haggardstown, as well as Keady and Warrenpoint in ...

11 Nov 2023 at 12:56

National News

'Ireland needs good priests' - Irish man seeks financial help to become a priest

BIRR man Darrell Lally is seeking financial assistance in order to become a priest. Darrell is an Irish seminarian of the Institute of Christ the King. “I believe,” he says, “I have felt a call to the priesthood since my very early ...

12 Oct 2023 at 15:05

Crime and Courts

‘Egregious breach of trust’: judge

JUDGE Tom O’Donnell said Terry Loughran was guilty of cold, cunning, systematic, predatory, premeditated and calculated grooming of a young teenager for his own sexual gratification. In sentencing the former priest, the judge said ...

16 Jun 2023 at 19:55

Crime and Courts

Victim Impact Statement: Did people ever ask why is he taking me away so often?

“WHY did nobody ask why “a 30-odd-year-old man (Fr Terry Loughran) was spending so much time with a young boy?” This is a question the sexually abused teenager asked in his victim impact statement. Prosecuting barrister John ...

16 Jun 2023 at 19:55

Crime and Courts

Bishop Brendan Leahy meets with victim of sexual assaults

THE BISHOP of Limerick Brendan Leahy said his thoughts “first and foremost are with the young man who has suffered so much in this case”. “I want to acknowledge the enormous pain that he has had to endure and, no doubt, ...

16 Jun 2023 at 19:55

Crime and Courts

Singing priest, sexual predator: Ex Limerick priest admits sexually assaulting teenage boy for years

ONE of the most well-known priests in Limerick was a “sexual predator” who groomed and sexually assaulted a teenager in parish houses in Croom and Kilfinane, in St Patrick’s College, Maynooth, on trips abroad, and in ...

16 Jun 2023 at 20:00

National News

Priest ‘to be taken off Masses’ after Kerry bishop’s rebuke of offending homily

A priest who gave a widely condemned address in Co Kerry church over the weekend is to be prevented from saying Mass again after the Bishop of Kerry rebuked his comments as unchristian. Retired priest Fr Sean Sheehy ...

01 Nov 2022 at 22:19

Local News

New order of Italian Sisters to visit Limerick this weekend

NUNS based in Italy will visit Limerick city this weekend to inform people about their order and vocation – including a local woman who joined the order at 20. The Sisters Adorers of the Royal Heart Jesus Christ ...

02 Mar 2016 at 15:01

Local News

WATCH: Late Limerick priest receives full military honours at funeral

The funeral has taken place of well-known priest, Fr Gerry O’Neill, who died earlier this week following a short illness. Originally from Quins Cottages, Rosbrien, Fr O’Neill – the first ever parish priest at ...

29 Mar 2018 at 19:54

North East

Glenstal's Fr Denis lays it all on the line for the Lord

WHEN rugby legends Tony Ward and Moss Keane dropped Denis Hooper off at Glenstal Abbey they said they would be back to collect him in three hours. That was in 1983. Br Denis has now become Fr Denis after he ...

02 Jul 2017 at 15:00

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