Archbishop: Prosperity alone cannot bring a just Ireland

PROSPERITY cannot on its own bring about the just, compassionate and generous Ireland which society desires, the Archbishop of Dublin has suggested.

Speaking at St Michan’s Catholic Church in Dublin to mark the opening of the new Michaelmas law term, Dr Diarmuid Martin, urged the congregation of judges, lawyers and diplomats to work to strengthen the fabric of society and make it more caring.

Dr Martin went on to suggest violence was “a continual threat to the harmony of society... is profoundly anti-democratic... and limits the effectiveness of community through a climate of fear”.