Kathy Sheridan: The weaponisation of shame

Shame has long been used to control women in Ireland so why won’t it work on Trump?

Cardinal Desmond Connell: Child abuse crisis was low point of life

Patsy McGarry looks at the career of the former Archbishop of Dublin

Cardinal Desmond Connell dies aged 90

Former Catholic Archbishop of Dublin had been ill for some time and died peacefully early this morning

Obituary: Cardinal Desmond Connell

Surprise appointment to Archbishopric of Dublin who headed it during difficult time

Clerics who became fathers had ‘loving’ relationships - Fr Brian D’Arcy

Priest says actor Frank Kelly struggled with conscience over Fr Jack role in Fr Ted show

Eamon Casey’s former Kerry retreat goes on sale for €1.9m

Red Cliff House used as retreat for controversial former bishop of Galway

Archbishop warns against complacency on child protection

Martin tells abuse survivor ‘you’ve touched our hearts, and our hearts are wobbly’

Vatican tribunal could audit at least 12 Irish bishops

Some bishops faced criticism over handling of clerical child sex abuse claims

President attends Mass celebrating Oscar Romero’s beatification

El Salvador has ‘special place in my heart and my political consciousness’

Murdered El Salvador archbishop Oscar Romero to be beatified

Óscar Arnulfo Romero was assassinated by a right-wing death squad during Mass in 1980

Last post sounds for Galway’s much-loved ‘Connacht Sentinel’

Many high-profile journalists and broadcasters cut their journalistic teeth with ‘Sentinel’ over last 40 years

Keeping my baby: the single-parent choice

Documentary tells of isolation and hatred faced by unmarried Irish women in the not-too-distant past

Dublin priest who helped rebuild confidence in church

Martin Clarke: Born: December 30th, 1946; Died: October 23rd, 2013

Higgins praises focus on remembering victims in El Salvador

President ‘profoundly moved’ to return 31 years after investigating civil-war atrocities in Central American country

Emotional return to El Salvador for President Higgins

President recalls ‘horrific’ incidents witnessed in 1982

Meeting with Bishop Casey led to revelations

Peter Murphy tells how stepfather confronted Bishop of Galway

Governments must maintain focus on North-South co-operation

Retiring head of cross-Border body warns of potential return to tribal trenches

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