RECENTLY, I celebrated graduation Masses for sixth-year students coming to their conclusion of secondary education. The experience of these celebrations was indeed a very positive one. I was delighted with the sense of creativity, openness and genuine rich faith that...
RECENTLY arriving just on time, with a sense of relief, I jumped onto a train from Heuston back to Portlaoise. Finding my seat, I found myself sitting in front of a couple who, similarly, seemed relieved to arrive just on...
A 16-YEAR-old terminally ill student recently lost his battle with lung cancer. His short life has left a wonderful legacy....
RECENT statistics concerning emigration reveal the dreadful reality of how so many of our most-talented and highly-skilled citizens continue to...
RECESSION or not, statistics reveal that those who have wealth continue to accumulate even more, while the more vulnerable bear...
A RECENT international conference, hosted in Dublin Castle and facilitated by former president Mary Robinson, reflected on the relationship between...
RECENTLY, I was greatly saddened to learn of the sudden passing of Jim O’Kane, Royal Oak Road, Bagenalstown and Dungiven,...
THIS EASTER, we find ourselves plunged into one of the coldest springs in decades. I’m dreaming of a White Easter...
THE RECENT passing of Laura Michaels, Royal Oak Road, Bagenalstown has left a huge void in the life of this...
POPE Francis is the first-ever bishop of Rome from the Americas, a Jesuit intellectual who modernised Argentina’s conservative Catholic Church....
BULLYING is a form of aggressive behaviour manifested by the use of force or coercion to affect others, particularly when...
THESE DAYS, so many fragile situations weigh heavily on citizens’ shoulders, as once again we hold our breaths for another...
AS WINTER time began last Sunday, we are once again visiting the darker and more vulnerable months of the year....
RECENTLY, a very moving phone call on the Joe Duffy radio programme highlighted the devastating consequences this recession is having...
THE RECENT story of a fisherman distributing free monkfish to a hungry people certainly mirrored that of the Gospel account,...
RECENTLY, I was called to the regional hospital here in Portlaoise. It was a call that in many ways helped...
I WAS so greatly encouraged and inspired by the recent Rehab People of the Year Awards. It was an occasion...
THIS SUMMER, London gave to a global audience tremendous inspiration and entertainment in its hosting of the Olympic and Paralympic...
I REMEMBER nervously beginning to minister in Newbridge parish 11 years ago. During my first visit to a local community...
