LISTEN: Interview with Knock parish priest as Novena begins

Up to 130,000 people will attend the National Novena to Our Lady of Knock, which starts today.

The major annual event was first held in 1977, and events are being held every day until tomorrow week

Speakers include several priests, such as Fr Richard Gibbons and Fr Richard Leonard, as well as significant involvement from the laity.

Fr Gibbons, the parish priest of Knock, has been speaking to Eoghan Murphy about the event.