Seamus the library cat chilling at the Arts and Minds Festival Maynooth
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Bernadette Jameson Cotter 🌱
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Bernadette Jameson Cotter 🌱
@BernieJameson
Writer, Journalist and Broadcaster. Vegan 🌱 for the animals.
Ireland Katılım Haziran 2013
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Woe to those who manipulate religion and the very name of God for their own military, economic, and political gain, dragging that which is sacred into darkness and filth. #ApostolicJourney #Cameroon vatican.va/content/leo-xi…
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Debunked: Micheál Martin was not attending his daughter’s wedding while protesters faced off with Gardaí msn.com/en-ie/news/oth…
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Pope Leo urged world leaders to end the ‘madness of war’ during a prayer vigil, highlighting letters from children in conflict zones and calling on leaders to listen to their voices reut.rs/4t81KbW
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Breaking: A meeting will take place at government buildings tomorrow at 2pm between representative bodies and government ministers over fuel protests.
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Fuel if you think it’s over
NewstalkFM@NewstalkFM
'It's the government that's blocking the place up now, because it's their refusal to treat us with any sort of respect. If we get a call that they're giving us a meeting, this stops immediately'. 🚫Dublin City Centre is at a standstill this morning as motorists continue their fuel protests for a second day. 🚜Delays on the road can be expected across the country, with yesterday's disruptions being dubbed as a "practice round" by one protester. 🗣️Speaking to Newstalk's @JoshCrosbie3, Agricultural Contractor Chris Duffy said "all the government have to do" is give the protesters "a meeting" and the disruption "stops immediately". 📻For more updates, tune in to Newstalk.
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Pope Leo's Easter message:
"Let those who have weapons lay them down! Let those who have the power to unleash wars choose peace! Not a peace imposed by force, but through dialogue! Not with the desire to dominate others, but to encounter them!"
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In the light of #Easter, let us allow ourselves to be amazed by Christ! Let us allow our hearts to be transformed by his immense love for us! Let those who have weapons lay them down! Let those who have the power to unleash wars choose peace! Not a peace imposed by force, but through dialogue! Not with the desire to dominate others, but to encounter them!
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Check out my membership card from patreon.com/KWR!
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Pope Leo urged US President Trump to look for an 'off-ramp' to end the Iran war, in a rare direct appeal from the pontiff as the regional conflict expands reut.rs/3NQiAg6
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On behalf of the Christians of the #MiddleEast, and of all women and men of good will, I appeal to those responsible for this conflict: cease fire! May paths of dialogue be reopened! Violence can never lead to the justice, stability and peace for which the peoples are waiting.
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Love this! Paul Luby is releasing “Here I am Lord” on Spotify after youngsters at gigs began singing along
EWTN News@EWTNews
An Irish pub singer has begun to include Mass hymns in his musical gigs along with cover versions and original material. Paul Luby, 27, who hails from County Offaly in Ireland and now lives in Australia, told EWTN News that the Irish twentysomethings he plays to in bars in Sydney and Perth connect instantly with the songs, singing along and demonstrating that their Catholic upbringing is still present. Luby even went viral recently after a recording of him singing “Here I Am, Lord” was posted on Instagram. Luby played in bands when he was younger, performing Irish traditional music and Irish ballads. After studying English and Media at Maynooth University and moving to Sydney, he landed an ongoing gig at a place called Frank Macs. “I was playing there a lot,” he said. “The Irish crowds would come in there, people from every part of Ireland. It was always jam-packed, and you start blasting Irish tunes.” Luby’s idea to play “Here I Am Lord” in a Sydney pub packed with Gen Zers was rooted in memories of childhood. “When I was growing up, my mother and father were very religious, and went to Mass every Sunday,” he told EWTN News. “I went too. I joined a choir when I was in school; we used to sing Mass hymns. They would be ingrained into you, and you just know the words.” Luby said that when he went to college, he “tried best to keep up Mass” but it wasn’t as much as he would have liked. “I think definitely since the song kicked off and went viral, I definitely have connected more with my faith.” He added: “I [grew] up with these hymns. At my last Sydney gig, I played with a great banjo player called Jackie, who was like, ‘Do you want to try anything different, because it’s your last gig?’ I said, “Actually, I do, I have a Mass tune, do you know, ‘Here I Am Lord’? He’s like, ‘Of course I don’t.’” Luby said everyone loved it. “I couldn’t believe singing the chorus, everyone was singing it right back to me. It was definitely the song of the night. It surprised me and went from there.” When the musician woke up the next morning, a video of the gig had 500,000 views. Luby then posted other cover versions of popular hymns like “Our Lady of Knock” and “Amazing Grace,” under the theme of “Bangers and Mass.” (Editor’s note: “Bangers” are a traditional Irish pork sausage.) “It’s a niche thing; nobody else is doing it. I thought I would put them up. People do remember Mass tunes and connect with them ... they don’t really have to be properly into their faith to connect to these tunes. I’m a devout Catholic anyway, I’d never disrespect the hymns, I’ve just sped them up a bit.” Luby has recorded “Here I Am, Lord” and plans to release it on Spotify before St. Patrick’s Day. He’s been interviewed on Today FM, one of Ireland’s largest radio stations, and attracted wider interest. “There was one priest who reached out to me from Houston. He’s a singer, he just said, ‘Look, you’re doing a great job, and it’s definitely resonating for a lot of people.’” Luby said he is “just like any other artist trying to get noticed” and hopes he will get some exposure for his original tunes. “One I wrote for my dad called ‘To Be Okay’ before I went to Australia. He had cancer and went through treatment. He came out at the end of it, thank God, he’s OK, but I wrote that for him, and I’m really proud of that tune.” His dad is also clearly proud of his son. “He’s said to my sister, ‘What? He’s getting a few million views for singing Mass tunes?’ He’s been going into Dunnes Stores telling people that his son’s gone viral.” Luby intends to continue doing hymns. “I think they’re great tunes, but more than that, they’re meant to be sung together, you know? And in that room, in Frank Macs in Sydney, they were all sung together, everyone felt a part of something. You have your Irish culture and that, but that brought back everyone’s faith as well. I think you don’t even need to be practicing your faith, you know, to feel something towards those hymns. So, I think it’s really something for people — even if their relationship with their faith is complicated — I think it just goes to show you everyone is connected somehow.” He added: “My goal is to bring people joy, and I always said on my gigs, if I can even make one person dance or sing, my job is done ... So I think it’s nice when you’re intertwining [that with] the faith.” ewtnnews.com/world/europe/i…
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Pope Leo XIV expresses “deep concern” over recent events in the Middle East and Iran.
“May diplomacy recover its role, and may the good of peoples be promoted, peoples who long for peaceful coexistence founded on justice."
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Today marks four years since the Russian War of Aggression against Ukraine.
Ireland’s commitment to Ukraine remains unwavering.
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#StandWithUkraine
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Happy Sunday evening! I've got clutter-free music from Procol Harum, Dan Fogelberg, The Doobie Brothers and more tonight on Lazerhits.online and on DAB+
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A bright and beautiful start to #ValentinesDay2026. Roads are slippery in Kildare, take care
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