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Environmental insights: Innovative heating
Drumcliffe Church, in Co. Sligo, is currently heated with an air–to–water heat pump and is likely to be one of few churches in Ireland using a heat pump as a heating source.
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Environmental insights: Wildflowers abounding in Aughrim
As part of National Biodiversity Week, the children of the Glebe National School, Aughrim, Co. Galway, recently conducted a wildflower survey in the Aughrim Climate Action Park and in the Rectory Garden Project.
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Environmental insights: A thriving garden
With the help of a Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Award, Magheralin, outside Lurgan, Co. Down, has created a beautiful garden in its church grounds.
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Environmental insights: Forest puts down roots
Among the news Bishop Paul Colton brought back from the Lambeth Conference was that of the inauguration of the Anglican Communion Forest.
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Taoiseach joins Castleknock NS for 300th anniversary celebrations
It’s not every day that the Taoiseach turns up to celebrate the 303rd birthday of your school. But for pupils of Castleknock National School in Dublin that’s exactly what happened last Wednesday morning (June 28) when Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and Minister Jack Chambers joined them on their last day of the school year.
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History’s made as Diocese of Derry and Raphoe appoints its first female Dean
The Diocese of Derry and Raphoe is to get its first female Dean following the appointment of the Rev Liz Fitzgerald as Rector of the Grouped Parishes of Raphoe, Raymochy and Clonleigh and Dean of St Eunan’s Cathedral.
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Two recipients of King’s Birthday Honours from Clogher Diocese
Two recipients of King’s Birthday Honours in Clogher Diocese are involved in their churches and charities in the local community.
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Claire Henderson ordained in Derg
There was a mood of celebration and tremendous thankfulness in Derg Parish Church last Thursday evening as the Rev Claire Henderson was ordained priest by the Bishop of Derry and Raphoe, the Rt Rev Andrew Forster.
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Cork event considers mental health and young people
On Saturday, 10th June 2023, the third seminar of the Diocesan MindMatters programme was held at the Carraig Centre in Ballincollig, Carrigrohane Union of Parishes.
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Toolbox – a new resource to help build mental health
A short video to show you all the parts of Derry and Raphoe’s new Toolbox resource to encourage good mental health and well–being.
