"He had huge shoes to fill, and he served communities in difficult times.”

Earlier this year the college and its grounds were sold to the GAA for a reported price of €95m.

PP of the Church of the Annunciation says the parish is undergoing change. “We have challenges to face, decisions to make and new paths to find.”

“We need a Catholic media to champion the Catholic perspective and to which Catholics can turn for support, information, and guidance."

Seven specially chartered flights left Dublin Airport on Sunday with 175 sick pilgrims, 60 nurses, eight doctors and 560 volunteers from archdiocese of Dublin.

Christians must reject "climate of violence which all too often in recent times has mired our city, as yesterday when a six year old child was shot."

Letter from Bing Crosby to Archbishop John Charles McQuaid dated to 10 October 1961.