The School of History at University College Cork hosted an important conference – ‘Ireland and the First World War: In Defence of Right, of Freedom and of Religion?’ – on Friday, 25 and Saturday, 26 January 2014.
The Right Revd Dr Paul Colton has announced his appointment of the Revd Daniel Nuzum as a Canon of both St Fin Barre’s Cathedral, Cork and St Colman’s Cathedral, Cloyne.
The Rev Frances Bach is undertaking an investigation for the Anglican Communion into the extent of human trafficking in Northern Ireland.
On Friday, 17th January, 2014, Bishop Colton attended the annual lunch and ceremony to announce and celebrate the Cork Person of the Year.
Church and Culture is the theme of BACI’s 2014 Lent Bible study resource which was launched in Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, on 16 January.
Professor Patrick Morrison, a parishioner of St John’s Parish, Malone, Diocese of Connor, has been awarded a CBE in the Queen’s New Year Honours list.
The Bishop of Connor has appealed for practical and prayerful support for the people of South Sudan as civil unrest impacts on Connor’s partner diocese of Yei and across the country.
St Luke’s Home – an ecumenical church–based charity which has cared for the elderly as well as dementia and Alzheimer’s sufferers in Cork since 1872 – has started the new year by welcoming a new Director of Nursing to its management team.
Standardisation of the school year by the Department of Education and Skills has meant that, for the first time in living memory, Irish primary school children returned to school before 7 January in 2014.
The Diocese of Down and Dromore has launched a Year of 24–7 Prayer from the slipway at Titanic Belfast.