The Rev Paula Halliday, who has been curate in the Killala and Kilmoremoy group of parishes in Co Mayo for the past two years, has been appointed rector of Crosspatrick, Tinahely and Carnew parishes, Co Wicklow, in the Diocese of Ferns. Her husband, the Rev Chris Halliday, is rector of, Rathdrum, Co Wicklow, in the Glendalough diocese.
Ms Halliday was the first woman in the Church of Ireland to be ordained in Connacht, in November 1994.