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‘First the banks, then post offices … now rural Ireland is losing its priests’
'First the banks, then post offices ... now rural Ireland is losing its priests',In small rural parishes, the loss of a priest through retirement or death is keenly felt, says Conor Capplis, with the Catholic Church slow to react to a problem they have known about for many years

‘First the banks, then post offices … now rural Ireland is losing its priests’

In small rural parishes, the loss of a priest through retirement or death is keenly felt, says Conor Capplis, with the Catholic Church slow to react to a problem they have known about for many years