Up to 2,000 on Lourdes pilgrimage

Up to 2,000 people are taking part in a pilgrimage to Lourdes, where later tonight the Archbishop Diarmuid Martin will lead prayers for peace in Syria.

Pilgrims, medics and volunteers along with almost 140 secondary school students from 23 different schools left Dublin earlier today as part of the country’s largest pilgrimage to Lourdes.