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Hunt for murderer as farmer's body found in house

Friday November 13 2009

GARDAI last night launched a murder inquiry following the discovery of the body of a 78-year-old farmer at his home.

Crowds converged on Knock Shrine last weekend to see a promised apparition

Don't knock it if it gets you through the night

Monday November 09 2009

THERE is a simple, old-hippy principle about tolerating other people's faith values: whatever gets you through the night.

In Brief: Wacky . . . Quango . . . Quality of life . . . Tolls

Friday November 06 2009

  • The Bishop of Killaloe, Dr Willie Walsh, has appealed to Catholics to stay away from a predicted apparition of the Virgin Mary in Knock on December 5 because it doesn't make any sense that she would announce her future travel plans and therefore "goes away from the rational" (Irish Independent, November 4).

Bishop raps pilgrims in search of apparitions

Wednesday November 04 2009

A senior west of Ireland bishop has strongly appealed to Catholics intending to travel to Knock next month to stay away from a predicted apparition of the Virgin Mary on December 5.

That's rich . . . Economic miracle . . . Flu . . . Unreal

Wednesday November 04 2009

  • Your article about a bank which has been generously bailed out by the taxpayers hounding unemployed families over mortgage arrears reminds me very much of the gospel account of the debtor whose large debts were forgiven, and who went and hounded those who who owed small debts to him.

Shrine staff forced to clean up mess left by Knock pilgrims

Tuesday November 03 2009

A huge clean-up operation was launched in Knock yesterday to clear the Marian Shrine of the waste left by up to 15,000 pilgrims who flocked there at the weekend to see a predicted apparition of the Virgin Mary.

Joe Coleman sheds tears at Knock as he waits for the promised apparition.

Self-proclaimed visionary hails a second 'apparition' but clerics sceptical

Monday November 02 2009

A STAND-OFF between Catholic Church authorities and a self-proclaimed visionary threatens to escalate into a major showdown next month.

Clairvoyant and self-professed visionary Joe Coleman with Maura Martin in Knock on Saturday, ahead of his predicted apparition of the Virgin Mary.

John Cooney: Pilgrims hold out for a miracle as faith falters

Monday November 02 2009

IT was an edifying spectacle of religious piety that is rare these days even in 'post-Catholic' Ireland.

Gene Kerrigan: These days, we're all having visions

Gene Kerrigan Sunday November 01 2009

Apparently, the sun has been dancing in the sky again. That makes sense. Reports arrive claiming the Virgin Mary is again the subject of ostentatious devotion. Not surprising. The times are perilous, the future uncertain. Thousands gather in hope of witnessing a religious apparition. There is a great longing in the land.