In an apology printed by the Irish Mirror in 2000, the paper acknowledged that it had misrepresented Archbishop Neary in reporting that Mrs Gallagher was 'banned' by the Catholic Church. Comments by Archbishop Neary and Primate of All Ireland

It emerged in 2008 that Gallagher, despite having no visible income, was living in a €4 million house in Malahide, County Dublin and also owned a €1 million house in Newport, County Mayo. In 2006 Gallagher bought her daughter a house worth €1 million in Ballina, County Mayo. In 2005, in the course of a crackdown on organisations purporting to pursue charitable aims, the Irish Revenue Commissioners revoked the House of Prayer's tax exemption. Alleged miracles Īmong claims made in 2002 of ' miracle cures' were the cases of Fionnula McManus, who claimed that a baby pronounced dead in her uterus had come back to life after she visited the House of Prayer, and another, Kathleen O'Sullivan, who claimed that she was cured of pancreatic cancer. After efforts by the archdiocese to 'integrate' the centre into its structures, Gallagher temporarily closed the centre for a time in July 1998, since when it has had no approval or involvement from the Catholic Church.

This investigation concluded that no evidence of supernatural events existed but that the persons involved gave every evidence of good faith. In 1996, Cassidy's successor, Archbishop Michael Neary, established a commission of enquiry to investigate claims of supernatural phenomena arising from the centre. The venture secured tax exemption from the Revenue Commissioners, and built up a considerable income from voluntary donations. She purchased a former convent building on Achill in 1992, and it was opened as the House of Prayer in 1993 by the then Archbishop of Tuam Joseph Cassidy. Gallagher has claimed that her mission to establish a 'house of prayer' as a place where priests and laity would come to prayer and worship together was made clear to her over the course of several visions of the Virgin Mary. Gallagher has claimed to have had visions of the Virgin Mary since 1988, to be a prophet and to suffer from stigmata on her feet.

In 1985, Christina Gallagher, a housewife from Co Mayo, was with a group at Cairn's Grotto in Co Sligo, where she claims to have seen a vision of the suffering Christ's head and subsequent visions. It has no official status within the Catholic Church. The venture has been described as 'controversial' and as a ' cult'. The business is based on Achill Island, County Mayo in Ireland, with other centres in the United States. The House of Prayer is a limited company trading as Our Lady Queen of Peace House of Prayer (Achill) Ltd, created by an Irish woman, Christina Gallagher, in 1993.

The Rock of Achill by Jim Sheehan