Likely to have diverse buyer interest, the prominently-sited building, on the shoulder of Sunday’s Well Road, adjoins a former Vincentian Order seminary, owned since 1999 by the UCC Department of Music, close to its North Mall campus.

Number of Catholic baptisms on the island of Ireland fell by 30% during the decade, due to falling birth rates and increasing secularisation

'We do not know clearly what the future will bring, but a future there will be, even for this church building'

Earlier this month the Vatican decreed that priests and lay Catholics who are part of the ultraconservative group the Society of St Pius X (SSPX) have been excommunicated from the Catholic Church

The 41-year-old former Whitechurch Service Station manager and hotel management student will be ordained into the priesthood later on this month

St Augustine’s Church will close its doors permanently after 11.30am Mass on Sunday, July 12.

The church’s closure will bring to an end the order’s presence in Cork, which dates back 755 years to the foundation of Red Abbey in the South Parish.

Once visited by Pope Leo, St Augustine's Church is set to close, with the decline in vocations to the priesthood behind the decision

TJ Reid is expected to be absent once again for Kilkenny

Muskerry side will contest a first U21 or adult county hurling final when they face Cobh at SuperValu Páirc Uí Chaoimh 4G on Sunday

Ten clubs and 29 schools are included in the Northside Project, backed by €150k from Munster GAA which focusses on participation and retention

Sars forward finished the season with 3-47 overall, including 3-18 from play to lead the way in both charts

Whitechurch native Tiernan Burke has become the first new transitional deacon in Diocese of Cloyne for eight years.

Bishop Crean was addressing the last event of Féile na Laoch in Séipéal Ghobnatan, an event entitled Dóchas – Solas Críost/Hope, or the Light of Christ.

The Bishop of Cork and Ross delivered a homily to almost 600 Irish young people at the Instituto Santa Maria in Rome.

Other events during the week-long pilgrimage include evening gatherings at the Instituo Santa Maria, at which there will be guest speakers, including prominent Catholic personalities.

The bishop said he would continue to be grateful for the priests' willingness to minister in new ways with colleagues and with people in Families of Parishes.

Bishop Gavin described Fr Oscar O'Leary OFM as a "real companion and friend" to the Traveller community and said he was grateful to come to know him since his ordination as bishop six years ago. 

A native of Belgooly near Kinsale, Fr Charlie was ordained by Bishop John Buckley on June 4, 2000, and he has been the parish priest in Mayfield since 2020.