Former priest jailed for repeated indecent assault of a boy in 1970s
Man was trainee priest when he abused the child on six occasions, court told
Teenager remanded over death of homeless man in Dublin
Boy (16) charged with murder of eastern European national in Kilmainham
Eating out in Dublin – the homeless way
Growing number of children regularly get evening meals from free-food stalls in city
Publication of Murphy report 10 years ago gave ‘confidence’ to abuse survivors
Landmark inquiry ‘changed attitude to clerical abuse’
Omerta around clerical abuse an example of dangers of deference
Healthy scepticism required to counterbalance our desire to put people on pedestals
Tony Walsh possibly ‘most notorious clerical child sexual abuser’ in Dublin
Murphy report said it was ‘likely that he has abused hundreds of children’
Former ‘singing’ priest Tony Walsh jailed for 3½ years over indecent assault
Teenage boy had woken up naked and in pain with Walsh on top on him in bed
Boy woke up to find former ‘singing’ priest on top of him in single bed
Tony Walsh (64) pleaded guilty to indecently assaulting teenage boy in 1983
Files to DPP after arrest of three housing activists at Cork City Hall
Campaigners had occupied council chambers
Inside the extraordinary meeting between Pope Francis and abuse survivors
‘It was robust’ – eight survivors of clerical abuse met the pope at papal nuncio’s home
Survivors of clerical sex abuse want apology from the pope
While Darren McGavin has a positive outlook on the Church, he says a personal apology from the pope is necessary
IVF’s slow Irish birth: ‘It was not greeted with open arms’
In a land where bishops objected to ‘the sin of Onan’, first IVF baby arrived only in 1986
Angela Copley founder of Ballyfermot abuse survivors’ group dies
‘To say I was humbled and honoured to have her in my life would be an understatement’
What can we do with unreformable child abusers?
Rite&Reason: Society needs restrictions on perpetual abusers once they get out of jail
Judge refuses to refer request for Irish language hearing to High Court
Cllr Diarmaid Ó Cadhla says is entitled to have criminal damage charges heard in Irish
Councillor charged with damaging Cork’s ‘Victoria’ street signs
Diarmaid Ó Cadhla and group say honouring British monarch insults Famine dead
Skibbereen continue to set gold standard for Ireland
Mark O’Donovan and Shane O’Driscoll take gold as club add two silvers at Europeans
Manchester attack reveals a new terror
Society cannot address underlying grievances of home-grown terrorists like Salman Abedi
Breda O’Brien: Desmond Connell was a complicated man
Cardinal was seen as a good man in an ill-suited role, but the truth is more complex
Cardinal Desmond Connell: Child abuse crisis was low point of life
Patsy McGarry looks at the career of the former Archbishop of Dublin
‘Singing priest’ who raped boy with crucifix jailed
Anthony Walsh (62) committed offences between 1980 and 1982 in parochial house and Phoenix Park
Tony Walsh: More jail time for a ‘most notorious’ child abuser
Background: First complaint about priest came two days after he took up his first role
‘Singing priest’ gets more time to appeal child abuse conviction
Tony Walsh jailed in January for two years over assault on girl
Pope decrees women can be part of Holy Thursday feet-washing
Ceremony commemorates Last Supper before which Jesus washed feet of 12 apostles
Stand side by side to honour all Ireland’s dead of 1916, service told
Different mythologies of first World War contributed to deep divisions on this island
Former priest and serial child abuser Tony Walsh fails in sentence appeals
‘Singing Priest’ serving 16 year term for rape and abuse of three boys
Judgment reserved in appeal brought by former priest and convicted child rapist
Walsh, known as the “Singing Priest”, is serving 16-year sentence.
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