Journalist who wore Ashes on television says he was surprised by reaction of ‘bigots’
“Is it just that maybe we’re not as open-minded as society as we claim to be?” An Irish journalist who wore ashes on his forehead during a recent television has spoken out about the backlash he received. Irish Independent journalist Fionnán Sheahan appeared on Virgin Media’s The Tonight Show with ashes on his forehead after […]
6 months ago
Man refuses to give brother mum’s ashes because he never visited her
Too little too late. A man is dividing opinion online after he revealed that he refused to give his brother some of their mum’s ashes because he never visited her when she was alive. In a Reddit post in the popular Am I The A**hole subreddit titled; ‘AITA for telling my brother to get out […]
2 years ago
This parish in Galway is making Ash Wednesday easy by creating a drive-thru service
Pancake Tuesday is over, folks. We basically ate our weight in pancakes yesterday (no regrets) and stuffed as many toppings into us that we could possibly fit. It’s probably the best Tuesday of the year, to be fair, but the day has passed so now it’s all about Ash Wednesday. Yep, it’s the day where […]
8 years ago
Grieving daughter to sprinkle mum’s ASHES on Christmas dinner
‘I don’t want to just eat the ashes on my fingers’
9 years ago
Irish mum ‘devastated’ after thieves steal her baby girl’s ashes
They didn’t take anything else from her home.
9 years ago