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Bishop to outline parishes plan
Plans to put priests in charge of groups of parishes and the grouping of parishes to form "pastoral areas" will be outlined by the Bishop of Kerry at Masses this weekend as part of a radical change in a diocese where parishes guard their individuality, writes Anne Lucey.
The measures are being introduced to tackle a shortage of priests and there has been consultation with priests and laity, the bishop will tell parishioners.
From next year, some of the 53 parishes in the diocese of Kerry, which extends into north and west Cork, will be without a resident priest. About 40 of the parishes already depend on just one priest and many of the priests are elderly, Dr Bill Murphy said recently in a radio interview.
Dr Murphy this weekend will stress the new measures are in line with church teaching on involving the laity more and tell Massgoers new ways of being a parish were being sought in today's Ireland.
Drink-drive case against TD adjourned
A prosecution against a Fianna Fáil TD charged with driving with excess alcohol on the June bank holiday weekend was adjourned yesterday after gardaí sought an adjournment, writes Barry Roche.
Christy O'Sullivan (Cork South West) from Clonakilty faces a charge of driving with excess alcohol at Western Road, Clonakilty on June 2nd.
Supt Pat Maher said that gardaí were seeking an adjournment until November. Mr O'Sullivan, who was not in court, was represented and he consented to the adjournment.
Judge James McNulty said the State would need to know in advance what witnesses to call if Mr O'Sullivan was contesting the matter but Mr O'Sullivan's solicitor, Mary O'Callaghan, said witnesses would not be required and the judge adjourned the case until November 4th.
French nuns to mark 100 years in Ireland
A hundred years after their arrival in Ireland, the Infant Jesus Sisters - known as the "Drishane nuns" are planning a major celebration next year, including the launch of a website, a book and a DVD.
The French order arrived in 1909, coming first to Drishane near Millstreet in Cork. Later, they opened junior and secondary schools in Malahide, Co Dublin. A call has now gone out to former pupils of Drishane Convent and Malahide schools to get in touch with the order through its website, www.ijs.ie
The first sisters included Irishwomen Sr Beatrice Foley and Sr Anthony Coleman.
"Their main reason for the foundation in Ireland was to get English-speaking sisters to work in Asia," said Sr Rosemary Barter, a past pupil, former head teacher at Drishane and now head of the order in Ireland and Britain.