"This is no place for holy statues": Carmelite nun at centre of planning row at Skibbereen court

Not many court cases begin with a judicial request for the removal of a statue of the Child of Prague from the courtroom, but here it set the tone.

"This is no place for holy statues": Carmelite nun at centre of planning row at Skibbereen court

Not many court cases begin with a judicial request for the removal of a statue of the Child of Prague from the courtroom, but here it set the tone.

Carmelite Nun St Irene Gibson now has a conviction for a breach of the Planning Development Act, but she made a fight of it.

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