Mary Mcaleese News

PRESIDENT Mary McAleese yesterday painted a grim picture of a country wracked by anxiety, as she told a conference in Dublin that "new burdens" had fallen on households because of the recession.

An elderly Irish priest released after 32 days in captivity in the Philippines today told how he hiked through jungles, survived raging seas and slept in a swamp under a tarpaulin before his release.

A GROUP of Laois supporters of a locally-based development agency joined in the celebrations of the charity's 25th anniversary, at a reception hosted by President Mary McAleese at Aras an Uachtarain, last week.

Journalist Mike Philpott takes a look at what is making the headlines in Thursday's morning papers.

BLESSING THE HUNT Church blesses hunters before deer season JACKSON, Miss. A small church in Goss, Miss., is expecting up to 1,000 people at its annual "Blessing of the Hunt" on this last Thursday before deer season.

By SHAWN POGATCHNIK A 79-year-old Irish Catholic priest abducted in the Philippines a month ago has been freed unharmed and neither country paid any of the kidnappers' $2 million ransom demand, Irish and Filipino authorities announced late Wednesday.Foreign Minister Micheal Martin said the Rev.

HE has designed for President Mary McAleese , shown his collection to the princess of Saudi Arabia and created the costumes for the hugely successful 'Riverdance'. Jen Kelly is regarded as one of Ireland 's leading haute couture designers who attended school with top fashion magazine ' Vogue ' in his schoolbag.

PRESIDENT Mary McAleese joined members of the Irish Nurses Organisation at the Green Isle Hotel to open the group's annual conference and mark its 90th anniversary.

THE "BEST place to grow up in Dublin" is how President Mary McAleese described the redeveloped Fatima Mansions complex in Dublin yesterday.

THERE has been talk about cutting the size of the Dail and abolishing the Seanad, but nobody seems to have suggested abolishing the Presidency, which is the single most expensive office.

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President Mary McAleese has officially opened the new community centre at Fatima/Herberton in Dublin, as part of a ceremony marking the completion of the physical regeneration of the area formerly known as Fatima Mansions.

PRESIDENT Mary McAleese was protected from the rain by a Guard of Honour as she arrived at Gaelscoil Chluain Dolcain to mark the school's 25 year anniversary celebrations.

PRESIDENT Mary McAleese , who recently invited the released aid worker Sharon Commins to Aras an Uachtarain , must be tempted to make a similar gesture towards the twins, John and Edward Grimes .

AN Allenwood man has won an award for his work in establishing an organisation which works with older people.

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On Tuesday, October 20, Peter McLoughlin from Mohill was welcomed to Aras an Uachtarain for the first time by President Mary McAleese, Patron of Sightsavers Ireland.

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Sensational claim contradicts ex-taoiseach's version of events before 1997 party vote.

Chairman of Glasnevin Trust John Green, with President Mary McAleese at the official opening of the refurbished crypt of Daniel O'Connell in Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin, yesterday.