Committee to seek children's referendumThe chair of the Oireachtas Committee on Children has said it would be recommending that a referendum on the rights of the child…Tue Sept 15 2009 - 01:00
Voluntary groups warn over effect of McCarthy tax planVOLUNTARY AND community organisations believe recommendations in the McCarthy report would “decimate public services and severely…Tue Sept 15 2009 - 01:00
Date fixed for abuse report court hearingA FULL High Court hearing on publication of the Dublin Archdiocese Commission of Investigation report will take place on October…Thu Sept 10 2009 - 01:00
Irish neutrality policy 'not as traditional as often supposed'THE FORMER secretary general at the Department of Foreign Affairs Noel Dorr has pointed out that Ireland’s policy on neutrality…Tue Sept 08 2009 - 01:00
Concern chief warns against No Lisbon voteTHE FORTHCOMING Lisbon referendum was “of crucial importance,” Tom Arnold, chief executive of Concern, said yesterday.Mon Aug 24 2009 - 01:00
Day of atonement call for abuse against the innocentSUNDAY SEPTEMBER 27th should be designated as a day of atonement by the Catholic Church in Ireland for abuse committed against…Mon Aug 24 2009 - 01:00
Judge says response to findings 'will say a lot about present situation'JUST AS the report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse said a lot about our past, how we responded to those findings…Mon Aug 24 2009 - 01:00
Ruling class average in all but vanityThree things define our leaders: profligacy, lack of foresight and ludicrous salaries, writes PATSY McGARRY.Fri Aug 07 2009 - 01:00
Garvey did not do doom and gloom, service toldTERI GARVEY “just didn’t do doom and gloom”, husband Declan d’Estelle Roe recalled at her funeral service in the Church of St…Sat Aug 01 2009 - 01:00
New law to regulate sale of Mass cardsONLY MASS cards approved by a Catholic bishop or by the provincial of a congregation of priests established under the authority…Fri Jul 31 2009 - 01:00
Child abuse inquiry could cost €136mTHE LIKELY cost of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse has been put at between €126 million and €136 million by the Comptroller…Thu Jul 30 2009 - 01:00
Women who claim abuse at tennis club criticise handling of complaintsSEVERAL WOMEN at a Dublin tennis club, who have made allegations of child sex abuse against a former coach and club official, …Wed Jul 29 2009 - 01:00
McCarthy report challenged on regional airportsTHE McCARTHY report focuses too much on the funding of the State’s regional airports in Waterford, Kerry, Galway, Knock, Sligo…Tue Jul 28 2009 - 01:00
Important to learn from past horrors, says Catholic bishopA CATHOLIC bishop has warned “there is little progress in condemning clerical dominance and replacing it with a new high priesthood…Mon Jul 27 2009 - 01:00
Lisbon vote 'damaged Ireland's reputation'SOME 84 per cent of company chief executives believe rejection of the Lisbon Treaty last year damaged Ireland’s international…Mon Jul 27 2009 - 01:00
Religious orders miss deadline to submit financial statementsANOTHER DEADLINE has been missed by religious congregations in presenting a report on their financial position to Government, …Sat Jul 25 2009 - 01:00
Dismal forecast heightens alert for Croagh Patrick pilgrimsTHE WEATHER forecast for those hoping to climb Croagh Patrick tomorrow morning in the annual “Reek Sunday” pilgrimage could hardly…Sat Jul 25 2009 - 01:00
'Urgent modernisation' of mortuary services called forSTANDARDS: MORTUARY AND postmortem services around the country are of “variable standard” with many in need of urgent modernisation…Fri Jul 24 2009 - 01:00
Group warned of 'unsavoury' reportPARENTS FOR JUSTICE: THE SPOKESWOMAN for the Parents for Justice group, Charlotte Yeats, received a phone call from the Rotunda…Fri Jul 24 2009 - 01:00
Legislation proposals in autumnMINISTER FOR HEALTH: PROPOSALS FOR new legislation to regulate “the removal, retention, storage, use and disposal of human tissue…Fri Jul 24 2009 - 01:00
Ahern sends abuse report to Attorney GeneralTHE REPORT of the Commission of Investigation – Dublin Archdiocese has been referred to Attorney General Paul Gallagher for advice…Wed Jul 22 2009 - 01:00
Four members of Ryan commission still on payrollTWO MONTHS following publication of the Ryan commission report on May 20th, four members of that commission remain in situ, in…Mon Jul 20 2009 - 01:00
Minister to receive Dublin child abuse report on TuesdayTHE REPORT of the Dublin Archdiocese Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse is to be presented to the Minister for Justice Dermot…Sat Jul 18 2009 - 01:00
Ahern rejects priest's sermon criticismMINISTER FOR Justice Dermot Ahern has rejected criticisms of him by name made by a priest at Mass in Drogheda last SundayWed Jul 15 2009 - 01:00
McAleese urges vigilance to eradicate domestic abusePRESIDENT MARY McAleese has called on the Irish people to be “nosy neighbours” so as to ensure an end to domestic abuse of the…Tue Jul 14 2009 - 01:00
Summer school honours Percy FrenchTHE FIRST summer school to celebrate one of Ireland’s best-loved songwriters, Percy French, begins this week in Roscommon town…Mon Jul 13 2009 - 01:00
Church must 'stir up' society, says archbishopTHE CHURCH of the 21st century must be “a church of passion to stir up society”, the Church of Ireland Primate, Archbishop Alan…Mon Jul 13 2009 - 01:00
Dom Richard Purcell becomes abbot of Mount St Joseph Abbey at just 33IRELAND’S YOUNGEST abbot, Dom Richard Purcell (33), received the abbatial blessing from Bishop of Killaloe Most Rev Willie Walsh…Mon Jul 13 2009 - 01:00
Humbert to hold debate on LisbonTHE SECOND referendum on the Lisbon Treaty will feature among the main debates at this year’s Humbert School in Ballina, Co Mayo…Thu Jul 09 2009 - 01:00
Andrews meets victims and expert on child protectionMINISTER OF State for Children and Youth Affairs Barry Andrews met leading UK child protection expert Lord Laming on a visit …Tue Jul 07 2009 - 01:00
Most think State should not run all public schoolsJUST A quarter of people surveyed for a Red C opinion poll want all publicly funded schools to be run by the StateTue Jul 07 2009 - 01:00
Dominicans react to Ryan report on abuseTHE NEED for reforms arising from the Ryan report has been expressed in two publications from the Dominican congregation, one…Mon Jul 06 2009 - 01:00
Priest talks of difficult return for archbishopA DUBLIN PRIEST has compared the return of Archbishop Diarmuid Martin to his home city with that of Jesus to his home town of…Mon Jul 06 2009 - 01:00
Call for apology to survivors of laundriesTHE STATE has been called on to apologise to former residents of Magdalen laundries and to set up a new redress scheme, distinct…Mon Jul 06 2009 - 01:00
Labour appeals to Government over religious abuse BillTHE LABOUR Party has appealed to the Government not to oppose its private members Bill addressing the concerns of victims of …Sat Jul 04 2009 - 01:00
Declining number of Irish priests highlightedPRIESTS “WILL have effectively disappeared in Ireland in two to three decades,’’ a prominent West of Ireland priest has said…Fri Jul 03 2009 - 01:00
Sr Stan apologises for abuse by her orderSISTER STANISLAUS Kennedy has expressed her shock and shame at abuses disclosed in the Ryan report in institutions run by her…Wed Jul 01 2009 - 01:00
Abused were hidden in clear sight, says ombudsmanFOLLOWING THE Ryan report “we all emerge..Wed Jul 01 2009 - 01:00
Redress board queried about repeated denialsA SOLICITOR who has represented former residents of State institutions for children has said she queried with the redress board…Tue Jun 30 2009 - 01:00
Begg calls for new solidarity pactSocial solidarity was "very much at hazard in these times", Ictu general secretary David Begg said today, describing social welfare…Tue Jun 30 2009 - 01:00
Dublin inquiry into how 19 senior clergy handled sex claimsTHE DUBLIN Archdiocese Commission of Investigation is believed to have inquired into how four archbishops and 15 bishops addressed…Tue Jun 30 2009 - 01:00
Abuse report shattered assumptionsFollowing publication of the Ryan report "we all emerge....Tue Jun 30 2009 - 01:00
Victims hail day of great happiness and healingIT WAS “one brilliant day, 110 per cent” said Michael O’Brien, former mayor of Clonmel and one-time resident at Ferryhouse industrial…Mon Jun 29 2009 - 01:00
President tells abuse survivors of 'heartfelt sorrow'PRESIDENT MARY McAleese has expressed “heartfelt sorrow” on behalf of the people of Ireland to former residents of State institutions…Mon Jun 29 2009 - 01:00
Findings demand focus on children - McAleeseTHE ABUSIVE conduct of priests, nuns and brothers in residential institutions for children, as disclosed in the Ryan report, “…Fri Jun 26 2009 - 01:00
Church hierarchy 'betrayed' ordersTHE CATHOLIC primate Cardinal Seán Brady, the Archbishop of Dublin Most Rev Diarmuid Martin and other bishops have been severely…Fri Jun 26 2009 - 01:00
Religious bodies agree to report on financesTHE 18 religious congregations whose management of residential institutions for children gave rise to the Ryan report have agreed…Thu Jun 25 2009 - 01:00
Orders to present audit of assets to MinistersAN INDEPENDENT audit of assets belonging to the 18 religious congregations which were party to a controversial 2002 redress agreement…Wed Jun 24 2009 - 01:00
Panel to asses religious assetsThe Government is to appoint a three-person panel to assess the assets of 18 religious congregations whose management of residential…Wed Jun 24 2009 - 01:00
Dubliner heads Holy Ghost order in USTHE PROVINCIAL of the Spiritan (Holy Ghost) congregation in Ireland Fr Brian Starken has congratulated Dubliner Fr John Fogarty…Mon Jun 22 2009 - 01:00
