Person: Cardinal Tomas O’Fiaich

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Cardinal Tomas O’Fiaich: 'The only unity worth having is a unity of hearts'

The regular diners in the Roman trattoria close to the Irish College didn’t know it then, but the cleric joining in a chorus of The Banks of My Own Lovely Lee was none other than Cardinal Tomas O’Fiaich, the Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland, who died suddenly in Lourdes on this day 30 years ago.

Thu, 07 May, 2020

Kelly: Spence was 'major influence' in move away from violence

A member of Sinn Féin has said that the former loyalist paramilitary leader Gusty Spence was a "major influence" in loyalism's movement away from violence in the North.

Sun, 25 Sep, 2011

At least Fr D’Arcy got to finish the Pope’s dinner

IF Fr Brian D’Arcy hadn’t been bursting to go to the toilet, he might never have had the chance to finish the Pope’s dinner.

Sat, 19 Sep, 2009

Priest recalls day he polished off Pope's dinner

The day he burst in on the Pope and ended up eating his dinner was recalled today by an Irish priest as Catholics around the world mourned his passing.

Sat, 02 Apr, 2005