“While we are all aware of the great challenges facing the Church and society at this time, we know also that God the all-powerful is always with us,” said Bishop Alphonsus Cullinan, chair of the Bishops’ Council for Vocations.

"The broad, global, and universal viewpoint offered by a Roman experience has been enriching for many down through the centuries," said the Irish Bishops' Conference

Michael Nnadi was one of four seminarians who were abducted on the evening of 8 January from the Good Shepherd Major Seminary in Kaduna city.

Two deacons will serve as priests in the archdiocese of Dublin while the third will serve in the diocese of Clogher.

Former trainee priest who alleges he was harassed by a member of staff while studying in Maynooth files complaint with Gardaí’s sexual assault unit.

Rev Malachy Gallagher is preparing for service in the Diocese of Derry and Rev Bill O’Shaughnessy is preparing for service in the Archdiocese of Dublin.

Nine new deacons and 14 ordinations to the priesthood contribute to a "remarkable year" for Maynooth.

17 priests, one religious brother, six religious women, a seminarian and a lay person died violently or succumbed to Ebola.

"Potential vocations are all around us."