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12/02/2010

BBC Radio 4 - The Mystery of the Moving Statues

Gerry Anderson finds out why people in Ireland are seeing visions of the Virgin Mary.

Gerry Anderson joins thousands of people gathered in expectation of seeing a vision of the Virgin Mary. Does Ireland need magical visions to make sense of difficult times?

In 1985, Ireland was gripped in a religious fervour as worshippers flocked to the village of Balinspittle to see mysterious moving religious statues. Twenty-five years later, Gerry Anderson joins thousands of people gathered at a west of Ireland religious shrine in expectation of seeing a vision of the Virgin Mary. Is Ireland suffering a 'kind of collective nervous breakdown' or does it need magical visions to make sense of difficult times?

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