A murder investigation has been launched following the death of a man in Downpatrick – which police suspect is linked to the attack on a priest in the same area. Newry, Mourne and Down, District ...

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 ...

A community in Co Down has been "shaken and upset deeply" by an attack on a priest and the death of a man at the weekend, a senior cleric has said. Bishop of Down and Connor Alan McGuckian was ...

A parish priest who was seriously injured after being attacked in a church last week is making “slow and steady progress” in his recovery, parishioners in Downpatrick were told on Sunday. Father John ...

A community in Co Down has been "shaken and upset deeply" by the attack on a priest and the death of a man at the weekend, Bishop Alan McGuckian has said. Father John Murray was struck on the head in ...

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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 parish priest who was attacked in his Downpatrick church is still in hospital with serious head injuries almost three weeks on. Canon John Murray (75) was injured at St Patrick’s Church on August 10 ...

A murder investigation has been launched after the death of a man in Downpatrick was linked to a “brutal attack” on a priest after he was approached to hear confession. The victim has been named ...

A PSNI officer stands guard outside St. Patrick's Church, Downpatrick, Co. Down following the attack on a priest. (Image: Jonathan Porter/PressEye) Police have launched a murder probe into a man’s ...

Bishop Alan McGuckian leads a mass at St Colmcille’s Church in Downpatrick, Co Down, following the sudden death of Stephen Brannigan and an attack on priest Father John Murray in the town (Liam ...