One Direction lose out to First Communion

First Communion is the “only direction” for a Limerick school which has voted overwhelmingly in favour of keeping the original date for the occasion.

Catholic parents at Gaelschoil an Ráithín were asked to decide between two dates for their children’s First Communion after three families complained when the original date clashed with a One Direction concert.

A school meeting on Tuesday night became heated when the parents involved insisted that the date be changed, while other parents became incensed at what one described as the “disrespect shown to the Blessed Sacrament”.