In the News...
A lot has been going on here over the last few weeks. I thought that I would take a few moments just to catch up on a few of the events in Ireland.
- Rain... rain.... rain... and then more rain. We have had an over abundance of rain the last few weeks. In fact - during a two week period - parts of Ireland received the average rainfall for four months. As you can imagine - that is a lot of rain! Much of the west and south are flooded and have been for weeks. Thankfully, however, it looks like the worst of it is over.
- Mary - Two self proclaimed visionaries predicted that Mary - the mother of Jesus - was going to appear in Knock, Co. Mayo this past weekend. The village of Knock became world famous for an apparition that took place there in the 1800's, and has been a place of pilgrimage ever since. The visionaries predicted Mary's apparition would take place three times. The second - which took place a couple of months ago - brought out thousands of people who stood at the sacred sight and stared into the skies hoping to see Mary. Although no sighting was confirmed, several people reported seeing the sun "dance in the sky". Authorities are now saying that the dancing was an effect of retina damage (caused by staring at the sun). There were no reported sightings over the weekend.
Read the full story here.
- Abuse - Several reports into child abuse have been released by the government over the last few months. These reports revealed that there was a systematic cover up of abuse, and even revealed the the current bishop of Limerick was involved in the cover up.
Read the full story here.
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- Rain... rain.... rain... and then more rain. We have had an over abundance of rain the last few weeks. In fact - during a two week period - parts of Ireland received the average rainfall for four months. As you can imagine - that is a lot of rain! Much of the west and south are flooded and have been for weeks. Thankfully, however, it looks like the worst of it is over.
- Mary - Two self proclaimed visionaries predicted that Mary - the mother of Jesus - was going to appear in Knock, Co. Mayo this past weekend. The village of Knock became world famous for an apparition that took place there in the 1800's, and has been a place of pilgrimage ever since. The visionaries predicted Mary's apparition would take place three times. The second - which took place a couple of months ago - brought out thousands of people who stood at the sacred sight and stared into the skies hoping to see Mary. Although no sighting was confirmed, several people reported seeing the sun "dance in the sky". Authorities are now saying that the dancing was an effect of retina damage (caused by staring at the sun). There were no reported sightings over the weekend.
Read the full story here.
- Abuse - Several reports into child abuse have been released by the government over the last few months. These reports revealed that there was a systematic cover up of abuse, and even revealed the the current bishop of Limerick was involved in the cover up.
Read the full story here.
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