Calls on Catholic parishes to following Pope Francis' lead and "get involved".

Investing €400m on rural broadband would have better impact on productivity than tax cuts.

Pledge must address sports enhancing drugs as well as alcohol.

Work of Presentation Sister Sr Alphonsus O’Brienw was "overflow of her prayer life" says bishop.

I pray the presence of the Indian Carmelite Community will bring a greater awareness of the poor: Bishop Nulty.

I am close to each family and the entire French nation which is in mourning, says Pope at Angelus.

Their use can "never be morally justified" because of huge loss of innocent life.

Trócaire and Concern underline their financial transparency and accountability.

When your child may not live long, time is all-important. Hospice care gives you time: Every Life Counts.

In 1940s and 1950s, Governments would not have been in a position to organise social services without support of the volunteer religious orders,

Counterbalance with love this awful crime, appeals Primate.

Fr Joe Young recalls his approach to Sam Allardyce to ask him to manage Limerick FC.

Bishop Cullinan cautions against 'circling the wagons'.

Peter McVerry Trust calls for compulsory purchase of vacant buildings in private ownership.

In 2015 service helped almost three quarters of a million refugees.

71 year old man from Cahirciveen now setting sights on Camino.

Archbishop Diarmuid Martin will be one of sixteen strong board.

Theft causes "loss of time and loss of heart, where you feel that stuff just can’t be left alone" says Rector.

Already calls for new law, demanding assisted suicide for non-terminal illnesses.

Church is built on young people, Archbishop Brown tells Youth 2000 summer festival.

Struggle against human trafficking demonstrates new PM's commitment to the most vulnerable.

Praises Irish missionaries, "who created strong bonds" between peoples of Ireland and Uganda.

"There is a risk of genocide in South Sudan. Write it in large letters, so that someone from the international community intervenes before it is too late," is appeal from local Church.

"The vote said 'You have been doing it wrong for so many years and now change your ways'. Somehow in our priorities as politicians we have failed the people," says UK peer.

Daily ceremonies of popular novena to be streamed on shrine internet site and on Radio Maria.

Forty-one-year-old Rev Warren Collier spent 16 years working as a driver for Bus Éireann before studying for the priesthood at the Beda College in Rome.

2016 is a special year for the entire Dominican Family as it celebrates the 800th anniversary of the founding of the Order of Preachers.

Proposed 36% increase in the Public Service Obligation Levy (PSO) will wipe out almost 50% of recent savings for electricity customers.

In contrast to the “holiness, solitude and peacefulness” of the French Marian shrine, daily lives are typically drenched with stories and images from social media, newspapers, magazines, television and films.

"All lives matter: black, white, Muslim, Christian, Hindu. We are all children of God and all human life is precious.”