Peter McVerry SJ
Peter McVerry Trust calls for tax breaks for landlords in return for rent freezes for tenants
August 19, 2015
Introduction of new measures could help reduce pressure in the private residential rental sector and help address the current homelessness crisis.
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Peter McVerry Trust welcomes funding for new social housing
July 24, 2015
New units will provide housing for people currently dependent on homeless accommodation in four local authority areas.
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Housing is a ‘sacred right’
June 3, 2015
'Homelessness is worse now than at any time in recent memory' says Peter McVerry SJ in the latest issue of Working Notes, the journal of the Jesuit Centre for Faith...
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Ethics in a Catholic schools context
February 11, 2015
Peter McVerry SJ and Pat Coyle, director of Irish Jesuit communications, spoke to Transition Year students as part of Catholic Schools Week, Peter addressing homelessness and Pat raising ethical issues...
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Peter McVerry SJ
January 15, 2014
Fr. Peter McVerry SJ grew up in Newry, Co. Down and was educated at the Christian Brothers in Newry and at the Jesuit school at Clongowes Wood College. In 1962,...
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Special ‘Studies’ on shaping Irish education
October 7, 2026 - The autumn 'Studies' is devoted to education in Ireland - a contribution to the conversation behind the National Convention on Education.
Reframing Road Safety
October 7, 2026 - JCFJ welcomes Tom Flood to Dublin as he challenges us to see the hidden dangers of our car-dominated roads.
Duke and Duchess of Leinster visit Jesuit-leased community garden
October 7, 2026 - The Duke and Duchess of Leinster visited The Old Garden in Clane, a community garden on land leased from the Jesuits.
A Jesuit priest at Drumcree church
October 1, 2026 - Fr Brendan McPartlin SJ joins a prayer service at Drumcree, as renewed tensions bring Portadown’s historic divisions back into focus.
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