I WATCHED some of the opening ceremony of the Eucharistic Congress on Sunday afternoon.

Our interest in this year’s event is at odds with the pomp and piety of 1932, says Gerard Howlin

It may just be too late to relax the licensing laws to allow pubs stay open longer to allow next week’s Eucharistic Congress be celebrated with a peculiar Irish gusto — as was done at the last congress held in Ireland 80 years ago.