Christian Brothers

In the News podcast with Bernice Harrison

Congregation has opted not to appoint a nominee in case taken by Kenneth Grace over abuse he suffered

Paul Hendrick (75), ex principal of Westland Row CBS, abused position of trust, says Judge Pauline Codd

87-year-old Co Waterford man, who can’t be named for legal reasons, found guilty by a jury of 30 counts of indecently assaulting five boys at Co Kilkenny school

Cases brought by survivors of sexual abuse by Jack Manning in early 1970s

Legal strategy criticised in civil case in which man is seeking damages arising from sexual abuse by former Westland Row CBS school principal Paul Hendrick

Irish Times article highlighted case of Tom Wall, facing court over documents from Glin industrial school

Tom Wall is appealing District Court ruling to return records to religious order, including indentures for schoolboys likened to ‘slave documents’

Case reported to An Garda Síochana and Tusla after adult victim checked with congregation’s safeguarding service

Significant development in historical sex abuse case where congregation’s legal strategy has led to ‘procedural morass’

An inquiry dedicated primarily to one social class and exclusively to one religious denomination will be undermined before it even begins

Treatment of litigants alleging child sex abuse is a form of ‘secondary abuse’ says letter sent following council meeting

Because congregation has failed to appoint nominee, legal papers in historic abuse cases are sent to all remaining brothers from the time, causing huge stress

Judge rules that more than 100 surviving defendants should be served with papers in absence of nominee for the order

Judge in sex abuse action concerned that delay in advancing case raises constitutional issues

Claimants have to serve papers on hundreds of Brothers because the congregation chooses not to appoint a nominee

An Irishman’s Diary

Journey home can be painful for emigrants but also for those who never left

State Claims Agency told man he was not entitled to apply for ex gratia payment

Stellar legal mind with ferocious output and common touch has become figure of criticism

Market Beat: Tesco is only one of the big four UK retailers to retain 2020 market share

Many properties transferred to trusts set up shortly before publication of Ryan Report

Net assets of one religious congregation found to be more than €1 billion in 2009

Fintan O’Toole, Frank McNally, Rosita Boland and others on their school memories

A new development in the city is a microcosm of 250 years of control of land in Ireland

Osclaíodh an bhunscoil nua go hoifigiúil sa bhliain 1958

John Kiely’s side are the best in the country and are bidding to retain the All-Ireland title

Grant Thornton managing partner is optimistic about life after Covid

Feeder schools: Social class still a big factor in securing college places

Without such confidentiality there would be no Ryan, Murphy, Cloyne or Magdalene reports

An Appreciation

Dublin North Central TD became chief whip in 1987 and served under Haughey in 1991

Tuam native placed the human at centre of technological innovation

Although they disagreed on many things, the most English of games was common ground

Patrick Harte (78) convicted of assaulting students at CBS Synge Street in Dublin

Priest said the abuse had ‘a paralysing effect’ on his life and prevented him from achieving so many things in life

Liberal Catholic theologian and author was open to insights from other faiths

A lifetime in the classroom and on the sidelines has brought rich dividends for Laois man

RTÉ’s Redress: Breaking the Silence was a brave and often unwatchable documentary

‘When I moved to Australia I was single and it helped that I met my wife two years after I arrived’