John Mcdowell

Martin says the decision on whether to attend service was President’s to make

Attendance of Higgins at event would have been ‘very special’ – Archbishop Martin

Taoiseach’s office rejects Donaldson suggestion about diary as ‘matter for the President’

Peter Weir writes to Michael D Higgins over decision not to attend church service

Traditional ceremony held at St Patrick’s Cathedral on the Hill of Armagh

Church leaders asked to make significant contributions to a compensation scheme

Government aim in complex talks is to move quickly and avoid mistakes of past

Legal threat adding to pressure to bring in regulations to implement abortion services

Parishes encouraged to continue broadcasting services online, Archbishop says

Irish Church Missions rejects assertion it was ‘prominent in the running’ of Bethany home

Women and children ‘stigmatised’ and ‘endangered’ by ‘culture of hypocrisy and judgment’

Children, elderly and migrants must be a focus as we plot a more compassionate society

Centenary ‘opens up opportunities for greater understanding’, says joint statement

John McDowell: ‘Safety is important but it’s not everything in such circumstances’

Ceremony held in Cork to mark the 150th anniversary of consecration of cathedral

Ordination of women priests and bishops was approved by General Synod in May 1990