Eamon Walsh
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Dublin priest Fintan Gavin new Bishop of Cork and Ross
- Religion & Beliefs
- April 8, 2019, 11:00
Pope Francis has appointed Dublin priest as the new Bishop of the Catholic diocese of Cork and Ross. Fr Fintan Gavin (53), Chancellor of the Dublin (...)

Vatican has never co-operated with Irish inquiries into clerical child sex abuse
- Religion & Beliefs
- August 7, 2018, 03:15
Concordats were very much in the air when then president of Ireland Mary McAleese met then Vatican secretary of state Cardinal Angelo Sodano on Novemb(...)

Does Ireland really need so many Catholic dioceses?
- Religion & Beliefs
- April 7, 2018, 06:00
Usually, talk in the Catholic Church about staff shortages centres on country parishes having to consider closing churches, cutting down on the number(...)

Taoiseach praises sacrifices of patriot Thomas Kent
- Irish News
- September 19, 2015, 01:00
Ireland needs people who believe in their community, their country and in putting others before themselves, Taoiseach Enda Kenny told mourners at the (...)

Miriam Lord: Thomas Kent, proud patriot, home at last
- Politics
- September 18, 2015, 21:07
Applause greeted the arrival of the cortege, but all conversation stopped in the churchyard as the funeral procession came through the gates. The larg(...)

Archbishop warns against complacency on child protection
- Religion & Beliefs
- June 12, 2015, 17:56
The culture of child protection is not evenly embedded across the Catholic Church and remains a cause for concern, Archbishop of Dublin Diarmuid Marti(...)

Vatican tribunal could audit at least 12 Irish bishops
- Religion & Beliefs
- June 12, 2015, 01:00
At least 12 of Ireland’s Catholic bishops may be subject to investigation by the new Vatican tribunal announced this week by Pope Francis. The tribun(...)

County councils assess damage caused by recent storms
- Environment
- January 11, 2014, 01:00
As the country recovers from the recent storms that battered the entire island, local authorities are facing tens of millions in clean-up and repai(...)

Hundreds seek payment from event organiser Eventelephant
- Financial Services
- September 9, 2013, 01:00
An online petition signed by people concerned about getting their money from the liquidated Dublin company Eventelephant Ltd, has been signed by almos(...)

School-leavers with intellectual disabilities face ‘crisis’ due to funding cuts
- Social Affairs
- August 24, 2013, 01:00
Hundreds of young people with intellectual disabilities in need of essential day services are facing what parents’ groups say is an “unprecedented cri(...)