Contemplative nuns who live a hidden life of prayer behind closed doors will thank the people of Cork in person today for their support as they mark the centenary of their monastery in the city.

THE souvenir sellers were busy enough as the cameras snapped the famous sights in Rome and the normal number of tourists for this time of year wandered around.

MANY of the hundreds of people who came to worship the relics of St Anthony of Padua in a Dublin church yesterday weren’t looking for favours.