Church choir refuses to sing over ‘scantily clad’ Travellers

THE church choir in Rathkeale is refusing to sing at Sunday Mass following an unholy row over unruly and scantily dressed young Traveller girls.

Tempers have flared during the 11.30am service at St Mary’s parish church because of the disturbance but matters came to a head recently when one woman from the congregation stood up during Mass and hit out at the ongoing disruption in church by young Travellers and the manner in which Traveller girls dressed.

Now the choir has had enough and said they will no longer sing at the 11.30am Mass on Sunday unless something is done to address the problems of noisy parishioners arriving late. Many local worshippers have also complained about scantily dressed Traveller girls in church.