It was reported to police on Sunday that a man had walked into the church on St. Patrick’s Avenue and hit the priest in the head with a bottle before leaving. The parish priest of St. Patrick in ...

There is a very senior, well-paid civil servant, working in the higher echelons of the Northern Ireland Civil Service. Only a handful of officials work at that level and with every one of these ...

A priest has been left in a "serious condition" after a man who walked into church before mass attacked him with a bottle. Fr John Murray was horrifically struck on the head at his St Patrick’s Church ...

A priest has been rushed to hospital after he was 'bottled by a man who walked into church before mass'. Father John Murray was hit on the head at St Patrick's Church in Downpatrick, Northern Ireland, ...

Police have launched a murder investigation after the death of a man was linked to a “brutal attack” on a Catholic priest. Police say the incidents in Downpatrick on Sunday are connected. PSNI ...

Father John Murray was assaulted by a man with a glass bottle just as he was about to conduct one the last masses of his career (Picture: Facebook) A man has been found dead hours after a priest was ...

Tim Campbell: Director of the Saint Patrick Centre in Downpatrick, Northern Ireland, a nonprofit exhibition complex with interactive displays about the life and legend of the Emerald Isle's patron ...

A priest was "brutally" attacked at a church before a man was later found murdered nearby, with detectives believing the two incidents are linked. The man’s body was found in a house in Marian Park in ...

A priest who was hit with a bottle minutes before Mass at his church in Downpatrick, Northern Ireland remains in a “serious but stable” condition in hospital. Father John Murray was the subject of a ...