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Church of Ireland worshippers to get coronavirus advice
Belfast Telegraph
The move follows an initiative by the Church of England on the emerging health crisis which has already claimed the lives of more than a thousand …
[[] https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/church-of-ireland-worshippers-to-get-coronavirus-advice-38958029.html ]
Do not soldier on’ – coronavirus advice issued to Church of England parishes
Christian Today
[[] https://christiantoday.com/article/do-not-soldier-on-coronavirus-advice-for-church-of-england-parishes/134212.htm ]
Independent
[[] https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/coronavirus-uk-latest-quarantine-self-isolation-warning-symptoms-a9334941.html ]
Naomi Long planning new legislation to help protect Northern Ireland church property from attack
Belfast Telegraph
Welcoming the news, Mr Dunne said such a scheme would allow voluntary … He added that Northern Ireland is the only part of the United Kingdom …
[[] https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/naomi-long-planning-new-legislation-to-help-protect-northern-ireland-church-property-from-attack-38957755.html ]
Parish church treasurer sentenced for fraud
Belfast Telegraph
A convicted fraudster who used his position as a treasurer to steal money from both a church and a charity has been put behind bars again.
Denis William Mackie, a former director of a company that provided financial advice to the Law Society for Northern Ireland, was handed a nine-month sentence at Belfast Crown Court yesterday.
The 58-year-old, from Thornhill Grove in Belfast, admitted stealing a total of £37,475.68 from St Dorothea’s Parish Church, Belfast, on dates between November 2009 and October 2015.
[[] https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/belfast-fraudster-mackie-back-behind-bars-after-thefts-from-church-and-charity-38957444.html ]
Right Rev John McDowell: ‘My mother was a housewife, but with a very able mind…
Belfast Telegraph
The Right Rev John McDowell is Church of Ireland Bishop of Clogher. … systems division and then as assistant director of the CBI in Northern Ireland.
[[] https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/columnists/alf-mccreary/right-rev-john-mcdowell-my-mother-was-a-housewife-but-with-a-very-able-mind-shed-a-profound-influence-on-me-38957603.html ]
Irish church is a ‘dead horse’ says County Limerick parish priest
Limerick Leader
A parish priest ended his address on, What Does it Mean to be a Catholic Priest with the Chinese proverb, “a man who speaks the truth needs a fast …
[[] https://www.limerickleader.ie/news/home/517645/irish-church-is-a-dead-horse-says-county-limerick-parish-priest.html ]
Did the RIC commemoration controversy impact on Election 2020?
The Irish Times
Mr Richmond, who is a member of the Church of Ireland, added: “After 10 years of running for office, I was disappointed to experience my first bit of …
[[] https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/did-the-ric-commemoration-controversy-impact-on-election-2020-1.4172768 ]
‘Where is the international outrage at Sinn Fein’s win?’
Daily Telegraph
Im not sure people appreciate the enormity of what has happened in Ireland. A party with a paramilitary wing has just won an election.
Where is the international outrage? Twenty years ago, the EU imposed a form of diplomatic quarantine on Austria because of the inclusion of the Freedom Party in a coalition. More recently, it has threatened Poland and Hungary on grounds that it regards their ruling parties as authoritarian. Yet not even the severest critics of those parties accuses them of being linked to organised crime.
[[] https://digitaledition.telegraph.co.uk/editions/edition_fYwG8_2020-02-16/d ]
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