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The Irish Sun
21-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Irish Sun
The belly-friendly dress with ‘eye-catching' print at Dunnes Stores perfect for Communions – and it costs just €30
DUNNES Stores have a new eye-catching print dress perfect for communions. And better yet it is 3 New eye catching print dress just €30 Credit: 3 The perfect piece for Communion season Credit: 3 Get the matching set for just €35 if dresses aren't your vibe Credit: With its flattering v-neckline and classic button placket, this dress offers a chic look for special occasions. Designed with soft gathers that create graceful movements this dress is ideal for any belly-conscious shopper. The newest midi dress is perfect for A contrasting hemline compliments the abstract floral design of the dress. READ MORE IN FABULOUS FASHION With a loose-fitting material and sizes ranging from 8-22, this newest drop is perfect for plus-size shoppers. Style this stunning dress with a low kitten heel and a wicker clutch purse for a classy, church friendly fit. If dresses aren't your vibe but you love the print, For just an extra €5 you can buy the complete printed set with woven cami top and matching trousers. Most read in Fabulous Set the look with these two items, styled with a brown strappy sandal, this two piece is a must have this Communion season. All items are available online and in stores across the country. 'It's classy and dressy' cries fashion fan as she shows off her stunning outfit from Dunnes Stores One "It's classy and dressy", she cried over the latest must have summer items. The influencer wore a fabulous baby blue top that recently landed in stores. With its stunning wrap-over design, this In the video, the shopper styles her newest buy with a pair of white capri pants. The top is decorated with a gold button to close, so tie off this look with some dainty jewellery pieces to give effortlessly classy vibes. A stretchy material allows for a comfortable yet chic fit for plus-size shoppers. Run, don't walk to Dunnes Stores as these tops are no longer available online. But you can still get them in select stores across the country. THE HISTORY OF DUNNES STORES DUNNES Stores opened its first store on Patrick Street in Cork in 1944 - and it was an instant hit. Shoppers from all over the city rushed to the store to snap up quality clothing at pre-war prices in Ireland's first 'shopping frenzy'. During the excitement, a window was forced in and the police had to be called to help control the crowds hoping to bag founder Ben Dunne's 'Better Value' bargains. Dunnes later opened more stores in the 1950s and began to sell groceries in 1960 - starting with apples and oranges. The retailer said: "Fruit was expensive at the time and Ben Dunne yet again offered Better Value than anyone else in town. "Over time, our food selection has grown and that spirit of good value has remained strong. "Now we offer a wide range of carefully-sourced foods from both local Irish suppliers and overseas." The retailer's first Dublin store opened its doors in 1957 on Henry Street and a super store on South Great Georges Street was unveiled in 1960. They added: "In 1971, our first Northern Irish store opened, and many others soon followed. "Expansion continued in the 1980s in Spain, and later into Scotland and England." Dunnes now has 142 stores and employs 15,000 people.
The Journal
17-05-2025
- General
- The Journal
Court orders girl will spend today with her mother ahead of her first Holy Communion
A PRIMARY SCHOOL student will spend this morning with her mother ahead of celebrating her first Holy Communion today. At the Family Law Court before making his ruling, Judge Alec Gabbett remarked 'it is the same ding-dong every year with the Sacraments'. The girl's parents are estranged and could not agree on First Holy Communion arrangements on Saturday for their daughter resulting in the two bringing their dispute before Judge Gabbett to rule upon. In ordering that the girl stay with her mother on Friday night to allow her to spend Saturday morning with her mother before the Holy Communion mass, Judge Gabbett said: 'At a very basic level, at a very human level, this is mother and daughter stuff.' He said: 'This is the girl's first Holy Communion morning and little girls should be with their mothers.' Judge Gabbett said that the proposal put forward by solicitor, Anne Walsh for the mother was 'extraordinarily sensible'. He said: 'It is one of the most reasonable proposals I have received in a long time to deal with a situation that is very acrimonious.' Ms Walsh said that her client's proposal, having discussed the matter with her daughter, is that she would spend the night at her home the night before and she had booked hairdressers for her daughter on the morning of the communion and the two would go there together. Ms Walsh said that the child was happy with the arrangement and that 'Mum takes her to the church – they sit with Dad and siblings in the same pew in the Church. They would take photographs after Church and my client would then head away.' Ms Walsh said that the girl would then spend the rest of the day with her father before returning to her client for a day out together on Sunday. Advertisement In response, solicitor, Mairead Doyle for the father said that he had spoken to his daughter and she had expressed a desire to spend the night before her Holy Communion with her siblings. Ms Doyle claimed that the mother's approach to the arrangements is 'if you don't do it my way' and that the child is under pressure 'and is caught in the middle of this'. Ms Walsh said that she wrote to the other side on 2 April following her client's conversation with her daughter about the day and did not receive a reply until May 14th. Judge Gabbett said that he did not have the wishes of the child in front of him and the father said that he could bring his daughter to court to tell the judge her own wishes for the day. In response, Ms Walsh said: 'If someone thinks that it is right to bring a child to court the day before her first Holy Communion that speaks volumes.' Judge Gabbett said: 'I am making the order – mum the night before.' Judge Gabbett said that 'Dad is getting the lion's share of the day – he is getting the party and the bouncy castle'. Judge Gabbett said that older siblings 'don't trump mother and daughter time on Holy Communion day'. He said: 'This should have been addressed a long time before today. I find that children are very robust and you will find that on the day of the Communion once the girl has opened her cards she will be delighted with herself and this will pass.' 'The only people who will be upset will be this former couple unfortunately and no judge is going to fix that. That is my order.' Judge Gabbett ordered as part of the court order that the girl would be handed over by the father to the mother at a local supermarket on Friday evening and after spending time with mother on Sunday would then return to father on Sunday evening.
Irish Independent
13-05-2025
- General
- Irish Independent
Galway children protest in Communion clothes over unsafe road – ‘We love our school, but this is scary'
As is tradition, second class pupils Scoil na bhForbacha returned to school on Monday May 12 after their First Holy Communion, dressed in their ceremonial outfits. However instead of celebrations, the pupils led a protest calling for urgent road safety improvements on the R336 in Barna. An initial round of coordinated protests lead by Na Forbacha Road Safety Campaign Group took place in each of the villages on April 2, with over 800 in attendance across the four areas to draw attention to the lack of crucial infrastructure on the roads, which the group says is putting lives at risk every day. The communities are renewing calls for reduced speed limits and traffic calming, continuous widened footpaths and cycle lanes, as well as new pedestrian crossings and school safety zones to allow the safe passage of all locals when crossing the roads, particularly outside of schools. At Monday's protest, one pupil was quoted as saying: 'We walked in our Communion clothes because we wanted people to see us and hear us. We love our school, but the road is scary. Please help make it safe for us.' Meanwhile Na Forbacha Road Safety Campaign Group said in a statement: 'Today's demonstration shows the strength of feeling across our communities. Seeing children in their Communion outfits leading this walk is both beautiful and heartbreaking, a powerful symbol of innocence confronting danger. We are asking decision makers to match this bravery with action. The data is there, the solutions are known, all that's missing is the will to make our roads safe.' The group says that the initial protests have proved successful in garnering support from local councillors and TDs, with the follow-up demonstration serving to support the local representatives in prioritising road safety on the R336 and highlight the urgent need for upgraded safety measures. Data gathered by the group, in collaboration with Galway County Council, demonstrates the need for the infrastructure. Across 317 days, 1.6 million cars headed west through Furbo, of which 81% exceeded the 50kmh speed limit in the village. Similar figures showed that 51% exceeded the limit when heading towards Galway city. Children protested alongside parents, staff and community members, walking from Séipéal Réalt na Mara to Scoil na bhForbacha to demand change. The crowd that turned out was larger than at the previous protest on April 2, underlining the growing momentum and public support for immediate safety measures.
06-05-2025
- Politics
Who are the US cardinals who will vote for the next pope? There are 10, the largest bloc after Italy
The United States is the home country of 10 of the 133 cardinals eligible to vote for the next pope of the Catholic Church. That's more than any nation except Italy, home to 17 of the electors who will gather at the Vatican's Sistine Chapel on Wednesday for the conclave that will choose a successor to Pope Francis. Only four of the American electors actively serve as archbishops in the United States: Timothy Dolan of New York, Blase Cupich of Chicago, Joseph Tobin of Newark, New Jersey, and Robert McElroy of Washington. Two are retired archbishops: Daniel DiNardo of Galveston-Houston and Wilton Gregory of Washington. The other four cardinals' careers have included lengthy service at the Vatican: Robert Prevost, James Michael Harvey, Raymond Burke and Kevin Farrell. Here are brief profiles of the cardinal electors: Burke, 76, a staunch Catholic traditionalist, often clashed with the more reform-minded Pope Francis. Born in Wisconsin, he was a bishop there before serving as archbishop of St. Louis from 2004 to 2008. Pope Benedict XVI had made Burke a cardinal in 2010, after he appointed him prefect of the Apostolic Signatura, the Vatican's high court. After Francis removed him from that post in 2014, he made Burke the cardinal patron of the Knights of Malta, a prestigious but limited role. There, too, Burke and Francis clashed over a governance crisis at the chivalric order; Francis pushed him aside. Burke has been outspoken in saying Catholic politicians shouldn't present themselves for Communion if they support abortion rights. Cupich, 76, archbishop of Chicago, was a close adviser to Francis and has served on several Vatican committees. He's considered a moderate among his peers, having balanced upholding conservative Catholic teachings on social issues like same-sex marriage and abortion with advocacy for compassionate responses to the affected communities. Cupich, who inherited clergy sex abuse crises in dioceses he led, helped push reforms to combat the problem. Born in Omaha, Nebraska, he was ordained in 1975 and appointed by Pope John Paul II in 1998 as bishop of Rapid City, South Dakota. Pope Benedict XVI transferred him in 2010 to Spokane, Washington. In 2014, Francis — in his first major U.S. appointment as pope — made him archbishop of Chicago, and made him a cardinal in 2016. DiNardo, 75, retired this year as archbishop of Galveston-Houston — the fifth-largest U.S. diocese, with 1.7 million Catholics. DiNardo was ordained in his native Diocese of Pittsburgh in 1977. He earned degrees from Catholic universities in Washington and Rome and worked in the Vatican office overseeing appointments of bishops. He served as bishop of Sioux City, Iowa, before moving to Houston in 2004. DiNardo was named a cardinal in 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI. He served as president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops from 2016 to 2019. That was a tumultuous time when the USCCB faced numerous allegations of coverups of sexual abuse by priests. DiNardo shared Pope Francis' strong support for migrants while defending traditional church teachings on sexuality. Dolan, 75, has been archbishop of New York since 2009. He previously served nearly seven years as archbishop of Milwaukee. He grew up in Missouri, where he was ordained in 1976. Among other duties, Dolan was chairman of Catholic Relief Services and served a term as president of the USCCB. In January 2012, Pope Benedict XVI appointed him a cardinal. Dolan is widely viewed as conservative; he wrote a 2018 Wall Street Journal op-ed headlined 'The Democrats Abandon Catholics.' Yet in 2023, he wrote a letter of welcome to a conference at Fordham University celebrating outreach programs aimed at LGBTQ+ Catholics. Farrell, 77, was selected by Pope Francis in 2019 to be the camerlengo, the Vatican official who runs the Holy See after the death of one pope and before the election of another. Farrell was born in Dublin in 1947, entered the Legionaries of Christ religious order in 1966 and was ordained a priest for the order in 1978. He left six years later — before revelations that its founder was a pedophile — and became a priest in the Washington Archdiocese. He worked in several parishes and helped manage finances for the archdiocese. He became auxiliary bishop of Washington in 2001 and served under ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick before becoming bishop of Dallas in 2007. Pope Francis tapped Gregory to lead the Archdiocese of Washington in 2019 and made him the first Black cardinal from the U.S. in 2020. Gregory, 77, retired earlier this year from leading the prominent archdiocese, which he shepherded through significant turmoil. Its two previous leaders, McCarrick and Cardinal Donald Wuerl, were implicated in a new wave of the clergy sex abuse scandal. Gregory has supported social justice and solidarity with immigrants. He drew notice for his relatively inclusive approach for LGBTQ+ Catholics. He told an LGBTQ+ group in January: 'I apologize for my own lack of courage to bring healing and hope, and I ask forgiveness.' Gregory was born in Chicago, where he was ordained in 1973 and served as an auxiliary bishop beginning in 1983. After serving for 11 years as bishop in Belleville, Illinois, he was appointed in 2004 by Pope John Paul II to be archbishop of Atlanta. Harvey, 76, has pursued a long career at the Vatican, initially as a diplomat and more recently as manager of the papal household. Born in Milwaukee, he studied at seminary there before completing his formation in Rome. He was ordained by Pope Paul VI in Rome in 1975 and entered the Holy See's diplomatic service in 1980. Pope John Paul II appointed Harvey prefect of the Papal Household in 1998, a position entailing management of the pope's official activities. Harvey filled that role for 24 years, under John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI. Benedict proclaimed Harvey a cardinal in 2012. Pope Francis named McElroy as archbishop of Washington in January, tapping one of his most progressive allies to head the Catholic Church in the U.S. capital at the start of Donald Trump's second term as president. McElroy criticized Trump's threats of mass deportations of immigrants as 'incompatible with Catholic doctrine.' Francis had appointed McElroy as bishop of San Diego in 2015 and elevated him to cardinal in 2022. McElroy, 71, was one of a few U.S. bishops assailing a campaign to exclude Catholic politicians who support abortion rights from Communion. He has also expressed support for greater LGBTQ+ inclusion in the church. A native San Franciscan, McElroy received a bachelor's degree from Harvard, a master's degree and doctorate from Stanford, and a doctorate from the Gregorian University in Rome. The Chicago-born Prevost, 69, is prefect of the Vatican's powerful dicastery for bishops, in charge of vetting nominations for bishops around the world. He has extensive experience in Peru, first as a missionary and then an archbishop. Francis had an eye on him for years, sending him to run the diocese of Chiclayo, Peru, in 2014. He held that position until 2023, when Francis brought him to Rome for his current role. Tobin, 72, is archbishop of Newark, New Jersey, and a veteran of the Vatican bureaucracy who speaks five languages. The Detroit native was ordained in 1978 and earned master's degrees in religious education and divinity at Mount Saint Alphonsus Seminary in Esopus, New York. Pope Benedict XVI appointed Tobin in 2010 as secretary of the Vatican's office overseeing religious orders. Tobin reportedly ruffled feathers by seeking to mend its frayed ties with U.S. nuns facing complaints they had become too liberal. Benedict appointed Tobin archbishop of Indianapolis in 2012. Pope Francis appointed him cardinal and archbishop of Newark in 2016. Tobin welcomed Syrian refugees to Indiana despite opposition from then-Gov. Mike Pence. He has a welcoming stance toward LGBTQ+ people. ___ ___ collaboration with The Conversation US, with funding from Lilly Endowment Inc. The AP is solely responsible for this content.
Winnipeg Free Press
06-05-2025
- Politics
- Winnipeg Free Press
Who are the US cardinals who will vote for the next pope? There are 10, the largest bloc after Italy
The United States is the home country of 10 of the 133 cardinals eligible to vote for the next pope of the Catholic Church. That's more than any nation except Italy, home to 17 of the electors who will gather at the Vatican's Sistine Chapel on Wednesday for the conclave that will choose a successor to Pope Francis. Only four of the American electors actively serve as archbishops in the United States: Timothy Dolan of New York, Blase Cupich of Chicago, Joseph Tobin of Newark, New Jersey, and Robert McElroy of Washington. Two are retired archbishops: Daniel DiNardo of Galveston-Houston and Wilton Gregory of Washington. The other four cardinals' careers have included lengthy service at the Vatican: Robert Prevost, James Michael Harvey, Raymond Burke and Kevin Farrell. This combination of photos shows U.S. Catholic Cardinals, top row from left, Raymond Burke, Blase Cupich, Daniel DiNardo, Timothy Dolan and Kevin Farrell; bottom row from left, Wilton Gregory, James Michael Harvey, Robert McElroy, Robert Francis Prevost and Joseph Tobin. (AP Photo) Here are brief profiles of the cardinal electors: Raymond Burke Burke, 76, a staunch Catholic traditionalist, often clashed with the more reform-minded Pope Francis. Born in Wisconsin, he was a bishop there before serving as archbishop of St. Louis from 2004 to 2008. Pope Benedict XVI had made Burke a cardinal in 2010, after he appointed him prefect of the Apostolic Signatura, the Vatican's high court. After Francis removed him from that post in 2014, he made Burke the cardinal patron of the Knights of Malta, a prestigious but limited role. There, too, Burke and Francis clashed over a governance crisis at the chivalric order; Francis pushed him aside. Burke has been outspoken in saying Catholic politicians shouldn't present themselves for Communion if they support abortion rights. Blase Cupich Cupich, 76, archbishop of Chicago, was a close adviser to Francis and has served on several Vatican committees. He's considered a moderate among his peers, having balanced upholding conservative Catholic teachings on social issues like same-sex marriage and abortion with advocacy for compassionate responses to the affected communities. Cupich, who inherited clergy sex abuse crises in dioceses he led, helped push reforms to combat the problem. Born in Omaha, Nebraska, he was ordained in 1975 and appointed by Pope John Paul II in 1998 as bishop of Rapid City, South Dakota. Pope Benedict XVI transferred him in 2010 to Spokane, Washington. In 2014, Francis — in his first major U.S. appointment as pope — made him archbishop of Chicago, and made him a cardinal in 2016. Daniel DiNardo DiNardo, 75, retired this year as archbishop of Galveston-Houston — the fifth-largest U.S. diocese, with 1.7 million Catholics. DiNardo was ordained in his native Diocese of Pittsburgh in 1977. He earned degrees from Catholic universities in Washington and Rome and worked in the Vatican office overseeing appointments of bishops. He served as bishop of Sioux City, Iowa, before moving to Houston in 2004. DiNardo was named a cardinal in 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI. He served as president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops from 2016 to 2019. That was a tumultuous time when the USCCB faced numerous allegations of coverups of sexual abuse by priests. DiNardo shared Pope Francis' strong support for migrants while defending traditional church teachings on sexuality. Timothy Dolan Dolan, 75, has been archbishop of New York since 2009. He previously served nearly seven years as archbishop of Milwaukee. He grew up in Missouri, where he was ordained in 1976. Among other duties, Dolan was chairman of Catholic Relief Services and served a term as president of the USCCB. In January 2012, Pope Benedict XVI appointed him a cardinal. Dolan is widely viewed as conservative; he wrote a 2018 Wall Street Journal op-ed headlined 'The Democrats Abandon Catholics.' Yet in 2023, he wrote a letter of welcome to a conference at Fordham University celebrating outreach programs aimed at LGBTQ+ Catholics. Kevin Farrell Farrell, 77, was selected by Pope Francis in 2019 to be the camerlengo, the Vatican official who runs the Holy See after the death of one pope and before the election of another. Farrell was born in Dublin in 1947, entered the Legionaries of Christ religious order in 1966 and was ordained a priest for the order in 1978. He left six years later — before revelations that its founder was a pedophile — and became a priest in the Washington Archdiocese. He worked in several parishes and helped manage finances for the archdiocese. He became auxiliary bishop of Washington in 2001 and served under ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick before becoming bishop of Dallas in 2007. Wilton Gregory Pope Francis tapped Gregory to lead the Archdiocese of Washington in 2019 and made him the first Black cardinal from the U.S. in 2020. Gregory, 77, retired earlier this year from leading the prominent archdiocese, which he shepherded through significant turmoil. Its two previous leaders, McCarrick and Cardinal Donald Wuerl, were implicated in a new wave of the clergy sex abuse scandal. Gregory has supported social justice and solidarity with immigrants. He drew notice for his relatively inclusive approach for LGBTQ+ Catholics. He told an LGBTQ+ group in January: 'I apologize for my own lack of courage to bring healing and hope, and I ask forgiveness.' Gregory was born in Chicago, where he was ordained in 1973 and served as an auxiliary bishop beginning in 1983. After serving for 11 years as bishop in Belleville, Illinois, he was appointed in 2004 by Pope John Paul II to be archbishop of Atlanta. James Michael Harvey Harvey, 76, has pursued a long career at the Vatican, initially as a diplomat and more recently as manager of the papal household. Born in Milwaukee, he studied at seminary there before completing his formation in Rome. He was ordained by Pope Paul VI in Rome in 1975 and entered the Holy See's diplomatic service in 1980. Pope John Paul II appointed Harvey prefect of the Papal Household in 1998, a position entailing management of the pope's official activities. Harvey filled that role for 24 years, under John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI. Benedict proclaimed Harvey a cardinal in 2012. Robert McElroy Pope Francis named McElroy as archbishop of Washington in January, tapping one of his most progressive allies to head the Catholic Church in the U.S. capital at the start of Donald Trump's second term as president. McElroy criticized Trump's threats of mass deportations of immigrants as 'incompatible with Catholic doctrine.' Francis had appointed McElroy as bishop of San Diego in 2015 and elevated him to cardinal in 2022. McElroy, 71, was one of a few U.S. bishops assailing a campaign to exclude Catholic politicians who support abortion rights from Communion. He has also expressed support for greater LGBTQ+ inclusion in the church. A native San Franciscan, McElroy received a bachelor's degree from Harvard, a master's degree and doctorate from Stanford, and a doctorate from the Gregorian University in Rome. Robert Francis Prevost The Chicago-born Prevost, 69, is prefect of the Vatican's powerful dicastery for bishops, in charge of vetting nominations for bishops around the world. He has extensive experience in Peru, first as a missionary and then an archbishop. Francis had an eye on him for years, sending him to run the diocese of Chiclayo, Peru, in 2014. He held that position until 2023, when Francis brought him to Rome for his current role. Joseph Tobin Tobin, 72, is archbishop of Newark, New Jersey, and a veteran of the Vatican bureaucracy who speaks five languages. The Detroit native was ordained in 1978 and earned master's degrees in religious education and divinity at Mount Saint Alphonsus Seminary in Esopus, New York. Pope Benedict XVI appointed Tobin in 2010 as secretary of the Vatican's office overseeing religious orders. Tobin reportedly ruffled feathers by seeking to mend its frayed ties with U.S. nuns facing complaints they had become too liberal. Benedict appointed Tobin archbishop of Indianapolis in 2012. Pope Francis appointed him cardinal and archbishop of Newark in 2016. Tobin welcomed Syrian refugees to Indiana despite opposition from then-Gov. Mike Pence. He has a welcoming stance toward LGBTQ+ people. ___ Winnipeg Free Press | Newsletter Seven U.S. cardinals, due to being 80 or older, are not conclave electors: Edwin O'Brien, Roger Mahony, Adam Maida, Seán Patrick O'Malley, Justin Rigali, James Francis Stafford, Donald Wuerl. ___ AP journalists Holly Meyer and Tiffany Stanley contributed to this report. ___ Associated Press religion coverage receives support through the AP's collaboration with The Conversation US, with funding from Lilly Endowment Inc. The AP is solely responsible for this content.
