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'Leper priest' named among five new saints

Monday October 12 2009

Pope Benedict created five new saints yesterday, including Belgian priest Damien who worked and died among Hawaiian lepers, earning the admiration of President Barack Obama who sent a message hailing Damien's canonisation.

No need for a royal row over Queen visit

Saturday May 09 2009

I FIND it strange that the controversy over a possible visit to Ireland by Queen Elizabeth still rumbles on.

Royal oul' times at the Cliffs of Moher

Thursday October 11 2007

THEY may be royalty but that didn't stop them behaving like tourists.

Books and bushes on the royal agenda

Wednesday October 10 2007

THEY didn't do the tourist thing and take a open-top bus tour of the city. But King Albert II and Queen Paola of Belgium did get a whistle-stop trip around the city in a manner more in keeping with their status.

The queen she came to call on us - without her crown

Nicola Anderson Tuesday October 09 2007

SIMPLE understated elegance doesn't cut it with the average four-year-old. So Queen Paola of Belgium caused a lot of confusion yesterday when she opted not to wear her crown or ermine robe when paying a visit to the children of St Ciaran's School in Hartstown, Dublin.