The colours of the flag are actually green white and gold - the white and gold components being the papal colours. The flag was intended at the time of inception to symbolise the link between Church and State. As a democratic nationalist I have no problem in changing the flag since a people are defined by their beliefs, morals and character, not by the arbitrary colours on a piece of cloth, therefore I do not feel the need to wave flags, mark territory or provoke my neighbours with out-dated tribal displays. Rome never changes. When will Protestants realise that Ecumenism is treason to the Reformation and all the Martyrs died for.
Locals say the statue's mouth has been moving in time with prayers being said at the grotto.
One Cork city woman, Kathleen Murphy insisted she saw the statue's mouth move in time with the Rosary as she prayed there. Cork radio station 96FM was flooded with calls from people insisting they saw the statue move during recent prayer gatherings at the Ballinspittle grotto. However, the Church's official position was that nothing different from previous years had occurred. Waterford remain the two most prominent grottoes in the moving statue phenomenon. The boy was with his family enjoying a day at the beach when he went to the toilets alone.