Local civil society can and must contribute to tackling issues of global importance, says Pope praising Fishing for Plastic initiative.

Bill comes at a time when pornography is widely available in Ireland and over half of teenage boys in Ireland see pornography before the age of 13.

“If this was proposed even a few years ago, there would almost certainly have been a public outcry of some sort” – David Quinn, Iona Institute

Deacon Declan Lohan, a former barrister, is to be ordained a priest for service in his home diocese of Galway, Kilmacduagh and Kilfenora.

One of the teachers at a school in Galway recently said, ‘I believe my students might never hear this message again’.