Paul Dempsey (49) becomes new Bishop of Achonry at ceremony in Ballaghaderreen

Michael Neary: ‘All of us feel vulnerable, fragile, wonder and worry about what the future has in store’

‘We will have to face and live with the challenges that the pandemic has brought’

Val Dempsey (73) and his wife climbed ‘just a little bit’ for the exercise and the tradition

Annual August National novena at Knock is postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic

Annual pilgrimage in Co Mayo cancelled for 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic

No public holy week or Easter ceremonies in cathedrals or churches due to coronavirus

Significant numbers of Irish Catholic priests cocooned in their homes as they are over 70

Sinn Féin leader criticises Taoiseach for singling out migrants from Albania and Georgia

‘She had not been able to walk or see, but now she could walk and even read a book’

Co Mayo site is one of few Marian shrines worldwide to be visited by two popes

Labour MP to table amendment to extend access to abortion to Northern Ireland

There are a handful of contenders to take over from Diarmuid Martin when he retires

Delight among crowd of over 40,000 as pope tours Knock shrine and acknowledged ‘open wound’ of abuse

There was little health and safety during previous visit, and no airport

Co Mayo town making final preparations for papal visit to Knock Shrine on August 26th

Several people treated for injuries with one man airlifted to hospital with cardiac pains

Consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist will take up post next January

Ireland has failed to create a health service owned by people and not vested interests

Anú’s latest show, which takes place in a clinical space, is impressive but not intimate

Taoiseach and a number of key Ministers meet with senior representatives of Catholic Church

‘Auld lads’ welcome the sight of more young people than normal making the climb

Shop owners have ‘lost faith’ in enforcement and courts, Retail Excellence tells politicians

Catherine Corless welcomes comments on Tuam home by Archbishop Michael Neary

Archbishop Neary apologises for the hurt caused by the failings of the church

FG councillor says archbishop ‘premature’ in suggesting reinterment of infants’ bodies

Minister says Garda involvement is likely after the discovery of remains at Tuam home

How the human remains were discovered in Co Galway and what will happen next

Dr Neary says it was ‘a time of great suffering and pain for the little ones and their mothers’

Tuam residents express their upset at the Mother and Baby Home revelations

Commission ‘another necessary step on the path to the truth’, says Archbishop

The Irish desire to be in the know makes it easy for abusive institutions to traduce whistleblowers

Patients less likely to be fobbed off these days with a vague promise they will get better

College mired in controversy after Archbishop’s remarks

Leading clerics back St Patrick’s College amid controversy

Eight injuries reported including one man who suffered a suspected heart attack

Bishop of Cloyne William Crean identifies secular ‘determination ’ to eliminate church

Bereaved families say criminal sanctions should be available in the worst cases

Catholics must be clear on schools’ identity and why this is important, says Michael Neary

Michael Neary said he hoped Taoiseach was ‘free to exercise’ his own conscience