Christmas celebrations at St. Joseph’s Redemptorists, Dundalk
Date: 24/12/2021 - 26/12/2021
Location: Dundalk
Irish missionary tackled robbers before they shot him
An Irish Columban missionary who was shot and wounded in both of his legs by three armed men at his residence in Peru tackled his attackers in a bid to save his parish workers’ wages. The gun attack on 73-year-old Fr Gerard Desmond occurred on Saturday after the...
Memorial to Pope St John Paul II unveiled in Limerick
The Mayor of Limerick, Cllr Stephen Keary, joined the Papal Nuncio, Archbishop Jude Thaddeus Okolo and Bishop Brendan Leahy on Monday at the unveiling of a new memorial to Pope St John Paul II. The memorial, which is located on Bishop’s Quay overlooking the Shannon,...
