Investigation stopped after contact with DPPMurphy report: ‘Even if one could, I wouldn’t bother extraditing him’, said DPP office internal memoSat Jul 13 2013 - 01:00
Bishops to hold fire until after Seanad vote on abortion legislationLeaflet opposing Bill to be read at MassesSat Jul 13 2013 - 01:00
Church can’t whitewash abuse - Archbishop Diarmuid MartinAbuse in Archdiocese of Dublin ‘something that must never be forgotten’Sat Jul 13 2013 - 01:00
Former archbishops criticised over handling of Dublin abuseChapter 20 of Murphy report published this afternoonFri Jul 12 2013 - 18:17
Ombudsman questions delay in setting up inquiry into banking crisisIt should be ‘very thorough . . . very forensic’Wed Jul 10 2013 - 01:00
Shades of Animal Farm in abortion debate - BishopBill will create a ‘pecking order of human beings based on size’Tue Jul 09 2013 - 21:44
Treatment of asylum seekers may be ‘our next national scandal’, warns OmbudsmanDecisions on their welfare being wrested ‘from us the people’, Emily O’Reilly saysTue Jul 09 2013 - 17:41
Brazilian police and Garda work to bring ex-priest to justiceBrazil deported him following false declaration in application for residencyTue Jul 09 2013 - 07:56
Kenny says no unpicking of abortion BillTaoiseach sends signal to wavering TDs that he will not change suicide clauseTue Jul 09 2013 - 01:00
Senior Vatican prelate tells Cork Mass of 'culture of death'Taoiseach, Government ‘have failed to engage’ with key issues says Catholic bishopMon Jul 08 2013 - 10:50
Student priest plans to run around the islandAlastair Donaldson hopes to spread gospel en routeMon Jul 08 2013 - 01:00
Wilful destruction of life ‘never acceptable’ - Archbishop MartinTens of thousands attend Rally for Life in DublinSun Jul 07 2013 - 15:17
No surprise just delight at news of double canonisationsReaction: Bishop of Meath Michael Smith expresses delight because both men represented faithSat Jul 06 2013 - 01:00
Government legislation provides ‘the widest possible legal justification for abortion’, say Catholic bishopsRight to life of the unborn child ‘will no longer be treated as equal’Sat Jul 06 2013 - 01:00
Cardinal Dolan 'hid' $57m from sex abuse victimsMoney moved into cemetery trust fund to prevent it being paid as compensationFri Jul 05 2013 - 01:00
Shortage of social workers affecting foster care in Laois-Offaly, says reportStaff ‘committed, warm and loving to the children in their care’Fri Jul 05 2013 - 01:00
Cardinal Brady describes abortion Bill as ‘Trojan horse’Catholic primate urges Government to publish Attorney General’s advice on ‘potential constitutional and legal conflicts’Tue Jul 02 2013 - 01:00
Proposed amendments to Jewish Representative Council constitution withdrawnChanges already being prepared, says chairmanTue Jul 02 2013 - 00:58
Catholic Church teaching on abortion dates from 1869Church’s current position not shared by its most elevated saintsMon Jul 01 2013 - 19:26
A return to paganism or disillusion with the church?Ireland’s Christian churches blame paganism for the decline of their congregations, but the real reasons are more modernSat Jun 29 2013 - 01:00
Three new permanent deacons ordained for DublinTwo of the men are married with familiesMon Jun 24 2013 - 07:36
Irish have ‘become pagan’, some Catholic bishops believeAssociation of Catholic Priests told the people `have bought into evils of materialism’Mon Jun 24 2013 - 07:30
Catholic Bishops ratchet up pressure on Government over abortion legislationLeaflets assert that lives of both mother and unborn baby are sacredMon Jun 24 2013 - 01:00
Taoiseach not making sense, according to senior Cardinal at VaticanPoll shows 86 per cent favour referendum on abortionFri Jun 21 2013 - 01:00
Launch of sacred places guide hears of bigotryMembers of Jewish community ‘disturbed’ by anti-Semitic slogansThu Jun 20 2013 - 01:00
School chair resigns in anti-abortion rowEddie Shaw apologises to parents for distress caused over leaflets for rallyWed Jun 19 2013 - 06:56
Statutory investigation into Magdalene laundries still needed, says reportCause of women who had been in the laundries has been advanced ‘significantly’Wed Jun 19 2013 - 01:00
Fresh call for statutory Magdalene inquiryWomen in Magdalene laundries denied basic human rights, Irish Human Rights Commission report findsTue Jun 18 2013 - 19:42
IHRC report main recommendationsMain recommendations of the Follow-up Report on State Involvement with Magdalen LaundriesTue Jun 18 2013 - 15:46
Anger over ‘vigil for life’ leaflets given to pupils in Dublin primary schoolCalls for resignation of Eddie Shaw, former spokesman for Cardinal Desmond Connell, as chairman of school boardTue Jun 18 2013 - 01:00
Bishop of Cloyne appointed chairman of TrócaireBishop William Crean succeeds Bishop of Clonfert John Kirby as agency chairmanSat Jun 15 2013 - 01:00
Maeve Binchy remembered at Dalkey Book FestivalCollection of late author’s articles due to be published soonSat Jun 15 2013 - 01:00
Bishops repeat claim that Government is misleading people on abortion BillAll parishes being circulated with the Church’s Choose Life leafletFri Jun 14 2013 - 12:49
HSE took ‘discriminatory decisions’ involving asylum seekerOmbudsman says no proper basis existed for health agency’s actionsWed Jun 12 2013 - 10:09
Archbishop criticises ‘spin’ in abortion debateCoadjutor Archbishop of Armagh Eamon Martin agrees Catholic Church has credibility issue on conscienceWed Jun 12 2013 - 01:00
Catholic bishops accuse Government of misleading people on abortionLegislation proposes ‘deliberate and intentional killing of an unborn child’, they claimTue Jun 11 2013 - 13:27
Catholic bishops commend G8 emphasis on nutrition and transparencyTrade rules must serve universal common good, they sayTue Jun 11 2013 - 01:00
Catholic bishops pile on the pressure over proposed abortion legislationJoint statement expected from their summer meeting this weekMon Jun 10 2013 - 01:00
Catholic Church ‘in denial’ about vocationsDisaster facing church unless it faces reality, says Fr Brendan HobanMon Jun 10 2013 - 01:00
Clearing of name of Kerry priest falsely accused raises ‘matters of great concern’Association of Catholic Priests says priests are now ‘an easy target’ with considerable number of false allegationsFri Jun 07 2013 - 01:11
Senior Church of Ireland clerics issue plea before G8 summitIsland of Ireland ‘in desperate need of a positive vision’Wed Jun 05 2013 - 01:00
Catholic Church pamphlet says claim of no change to law on abortion ‘untrue’Concerted campaign by church to prevent legislation beginsMon May 27 2013 - 01:00
‘Brilliant’ former Evening Press editor diesSeán Ward always said his greatest achievement was signing Con HoulihanFri May 24 2013 - 19:00
Christian Brothers to pay millions of dollars to abuse victims in US and CanadaOver 400 people to be compensated with financial settlement of $16.5mFri May 24 2013 - 02:00
Restaurateur Seán Kinsella laid to restMass celebrant says chef was ‘an extraordinarily creative person, charismatic in many ways’Fri May 24 2013 - 01:00
Low number of prosecutions in clerical child abuse cases notedGreat majority of abuse allegations against priests historicMon May 20 2013 - 13:35
Archbishop Martin says law will leave unborn with less protection here than in more ‘liberal’ statesFirst public intervention in debateWed May 15 2013 - 01:00
Changes to mental health law expectedPre-existing views of patients on treatments likely to be taken into accountMon May 13 2013 - 10:36
Kerry teenager who spoke against suicide dies of cancerDonal Walsh appealed to young people not to take their own livesMon May 13 2013 - 00:01
Tone of bishops’ language on abortion an echo of other daysWould that the bishops always had as much passion for protecting childrenTue May 07 2013 - 06:00
