14 Nov 2018 | Organisations
14th Nov 2018 Today the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) announced that the stake cut on Fixed Odds Betting Terminals (FOBTs) would now happen by April...
13 Nov 2018 | Church of Ireland
Saint Fin Barre’s Cathedral, Cork, was full on Sunday afternoon, 11th November, for a Service to commemorate the centenary of the end of the First World War. The citizens of Cork were led by the Deputy Lord Mayor of Cork, Cllr Thomas Moloney, and the Government...
13 Nov 2018 | Organisations
13th Nov 2018 Public policy charity CARE (Christian Action Research and Education) – which works in both Wales and Northern Ireland – today slammed the Welsh Government’s public consultation on offering Northern Ireland women abortions as...
13 Nov 2018 | Church of Ireland
A Service of Holy Communion for the First Sunday in Advent will be broadcast on Sunday, 2nd December, from St Bride’s Church, Kilbride, at 10.15am. The Service will be conducted by Canon David Humphries, and will be available afterwards online here. Contact...
13 Nov 2018 | Church of Ireland
A Service of Remembrance to commemorate the 100th Anniversary of the end of the First World War was broadcast on RTÉ1, RTÉ Radio 1 Extra and Long Wave 252 on Sunday, 11th November, from St Macartin’s Cathedral, Enniskillen. The televised...
13 Nov 2018 | Church of Ireland
One of 10 perspex silhouettes occupying seats in the Cathedral, representing the 10 servicemen whose names were read out during the service. There but not there. Gone but not forgotten. ©Press Eye/Darren Kidd Belfast Cathedral hosted a poignant commemoration on...
13 Nov 2018 | Church of Ireland
Oration delivered on Remembrance Sunday, 11th November, 2018 at the War Memorial in Cork to mark the Centenary of the end of the First World War delivered by the Right Reverend Dr Paul Colton, Bishop of Cork. You have honoured me by inviting me to give this oration,...
13 Nov 2018 | Church of Ireland
There is no one memorial in Cork to the c.4,200 casualties from Cork City and County. ‘There should be’ says Bishop Paul Colton, the Church of Ireland Bishop, ‘but there isn’t.’ On Sunday afternoon, 11th November, however, all the names...
13 Nov 2018 | Church of Ireland
Following up on an idea given to him by Eunice Jeffers, in Dunmanway, the Bishop of Cork, Dr Paul Colton, decided to present each school in the Diocese with an olive tree – a symbol of peace and reconciliation. These were the centrepiece of special school...
12 Nov 2018 | Organisations
Had the privilege of preaching at MCC on Sunday. Since it was the 100th anniversary of the end of WW1 it seemed appropriate to think of Jesus’ teaching on loving your enemies (Luke 6:27-36). I finished the sermon with this picture and associated sound clip. The...
