Press Releases21 Apr 2001

DEATH OF FORMER DEAN OF CORK

THE VERY REVD MAURICE CAREY

Press Releases17 Apr 2001

PRINTING OF IRELAND'S FIRST BOOK TO BE COMMEMORATED

Press Releases15 Apr 2001

BISHOP COLTON'S EASTER ADDRESS

The Easter address of

the Right Reverend Paul Colton
Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross

given in St. Fin Barre's Cathedral, Cork
on Easter Day, 15th April 2001

Press Releases15 Apr 2001

ARCHBISHOP EMPEY'S EASTER ADDRESS

The Easter address of

the Most Reverend Dr. Walton N. F. Empey
Archbishop of Dublin and Primate of Ireland

given in Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin
on Easter Day, 15th April 2001

Press Releases15 Apr 2001

EASTER DAY 2001

Extracts from the Easter Sermon
of The Most Revd Dr Robin Eames
Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland
in St. Patrick's Cathedral, Armagh
on Sunday 15th April 2001

Press Releases06 Apr 2001

PRIMATE CONFIRMS PLANS FOR GENERAL SYNOD 2001

Archbishop Robin Eames, today confirmed that the Church of Ireland General Synod is to be held in the O'Reilly Hall, University College Dublin on 15, 16 and 17 May 2001.

Press Releases06 Apr 2001

The Heritage Council has announced a grant of £750,000 towards the cost of restoration work on Dublin's oldest surviving building, the crypt of Christ Church Cathedral. Dating from the early twelfth to the mid-thirteenth centuries, this amazing mysterious forest of pillars and vaulting is one of the largest early medieval crypts in either Ireland or Britain. Some 170feet/55 m long, it is unique in both islands in extending under almost the entire cathedral.

Press Releases04 Apr 2001

CHURCHES NEW APPROACH TO PRIMARY RELIGIOUS EDUCATION

A new religious education programme for primary schools in both the Republic of Ireland and in Northern Ireland is launched today in Dublin by the Church of Ireland, the Methodist and the Presbyterian Churches.

Press Releases03 Apr 2001

PRISONERS BROADCAST GOOD FRIDAY SERVICE

Prisoners in Mountjoy Prison, Dublin are to take part in the Good Friday Service of readings and hymns to be broadcast from the prison's Church of Ireland Church on RTE Radio 1 from 2pm to 3pm.

Press Releases03 Apr 2001

FOOT AND MOUTH: STATEMENT BY CHURCH OF IRELAND HOUSE OF BISHOPS

The House of Bishops of the Church of Ireland meeting in Dublin on 2nd and 3rd April spent time considering the implication of the recent Foot and Mouth outbreaks and the ongoing anxiety with which we live. We express our solidarity with the whole agricultural community, especially those suffering at first hand through isolation, economic loss and the deep pain at the extermination of flocks and herds.