Remembering Niall

Remembering Niall

I was blessed to be a classmate and a dear friend of the late Fr Niall O’Brien. He was a wonderful person, artistic, intelligent, an excellent writer, a man of deep spirituality with an infectious sense of humour. He had a gift for learning languages and quickly...
Columbans Pay Tribute to Charlie Bird

Columbans Pay Tribute to Charlie Bird

As veteran RTE journalist Charlie Bird is laid to rest, Columban missionary Fr Donie Hogan recalls meeting him in the Philippines when he covered the story of the Negros Nine. Fr Donal Hogan first met Charlie Bird in Bacolod City on the island of Negros in the...