Saturday, April 19, 2014

Irish county's roads to get prayers and blessings on Easter Sunday in a bid to reduce road deaths

The roads in County Mayo will be blessed this week in what Mayo County Council describe as a “novel ceremony” aimed at reducing the number of people who die in traffic accidents each year.



A special ‘blessing of the roads ceremony’ will take place in most parishes and services throughout the county on Easter Sunday as religious leaders back the campaign to make the roads safer, said the council.

The ceremony, which will place at all Catholic and Church of Ireland churches on Sunday is being promoted by the Road Safety office of Mayo County Council. Noel Gibbons, Road Safety Officer for Mayo County Council said that that six people were killed on Mayo’s roads last year. The total so far this year is three.



Tuam Archdiocese spokesperson Father Fintan Monaghan said the church was “fully behind the campaign. We all need to play our part to reduce the number of road deaths”.

2 comments:

BoS said...

Instead of wasting money on worthless god-bothering nonsense, perhaps they should invest in the road network?

There should be a law against lies.

WilliamRocket said...

Yes. If they cannot prove their cloud people exist, they should not be able to speak of them.
Idiots.
On the other hand, they make me look clever, smart, intelligent and wise.
So all in all, not a bad achievement.