The Irish School of Ecumenics (ISE) is an institute of Trinity College Dublin, dedicated to the study and promotion of peace and reconciliation in Ireland and throughout the world.
The General Secretary of the World Council of Churches, Dr. Eugene Carson Blake, attended the school's formal inauguration in Milltown.
However, McQuaid reneged on the ban following the intervention by Fr Cecil McGarry, Dublin's Jesuit provincial (and previously Rector of Milltown), on Hurley's behalf.
[4] The face-to-face apology, which was described as "good-humored" by the Irish Times, took place at the Milltown Park, Jesuit community in South Dublin, where the ISE was based.
"[3] Father Hurley, who called Martin's speech a "magnanimous apology," stated that he felt a "great sense of relief and joy and gratitude.
The Irish School of Ecumenics along with the Loyola Institute, which will have six full-time staff members, will compose a centre with common interests in the study of theology, peace, & reconciliation.