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Wednesday 21 October 2020
The Taoiseach said he expects Jean-Claude Juncker to become the next president of the European Commission, but David Cameron is trying to block this from happening.
A number of complaints of sexual abuse of minors against the priest have been upheld by a canonical penal trial today.
Enda Kenny clashed with the Catholic Church in the last two years, slamming the “the dysfunction, the disconnection, the elitism that dominates the Vatican today” after the Cloyne report in 2011.
The Bishop-elect William Crean, from Kerry, has said he had accepted the post with “considerable trepidation”.
It was the first meeting of the pair since Kenny’s landmark speech in the Dáil last July.
In his most significant speech to date, Enda Kenny was hugely critical of the Vatican following the publication of the Cloyne report. Today marks the first anniversary of that speech.
Strict new coronavirus measures are coming into effect – here’s what they mean for you.
In its annual report on the state of human rights in the world, the organisation also said that the UN Security Council had not shown the same courage as those who had participated in the Arab Spring.
The GSOC is to investigate the handling of complaints of sex abuse against a Fr Corin, about which concerns were raised in the Cloyne Report.
An Apostolic Visitation sent by Pope Benedict XVI suggests reforming admissions to seminaries, and organisation of dioceses.
Pope Benedict’s hand-picked ‘Apostolic Visitation’ will publish a summary of their findings later this morning.
The government’s first year in office has seen Twitter debates over Miss Piggy, print toner and internship schemes.
It’s been an eventful year for the nation, here’s how the international media saw the big events.
These were the catalysts for some of the upheavals at home and abroad this past year…
The Minister for Children has said that the government is planning to hold the much-delayed referendum in 2012.
In tonight’s Fix: The fallout (not literally) from the death of Kim Jong-il; Ireland’s health under the microscope; and is it New Year’s resolution time already?
The Department of Justice publishes the final extracts of the report into the handling of child sexual abuse allegations in Cloyne.
Although the High Court ruled on the lifting of block on sections of Chapter 9 yesterday, the Government wants a few days to get support systems in place.
Amnesty International Ireland director Colm O’Gorman explains the responsibility we all have to create a society where abuse can’t exist on an industrial scale, as detailed in the ‘In Plain Sight’ report.
A study into the Ferns, Murphy, Ryan and Cloyne child abuse reports criticises the lack of prosecution against child sexual and physical abusers and those who concealed that abuse.
The Irish Government sticks to its view that the Vatican did not fully co-operate with the inquiry into allegations of abuse at Cloyne despite response by the Holy See.
Catholic confession will not get special treatment in new laws over reporting child abuse, the government has confirmed.
The Archbishop of Dublin was speaking following the publication of the Vatican’s controversial response to the Cloyne report.
Nine things you need to know by 9am: Deaths in Ballymun and Waterford, Archbishop admits fears of abuse ‘cabal’, and Vincent Browne’s TV3 ‘Ex Factor’…
The two most senior figures in government have given their initial response to what the Vatican has been saying about the Cloyne report this morning.
The Vatican has issued its response to the Cloyne report saying it is “sorry and ashamed” for the suffering of victims and their families.
La Stampa newspaper says the 15-page response has been prepared and is awaiting final approval before being published.
A group of Irish priests is doing penance in solidarity with victims of child abuse. Fr Shane Crombie explains their hopes.
Cloyne administrator Archbishop Clifford agrees that the man in charge of implementing church guidelines for child protection should have stepped down.
Dr John Magee has apologised to child abuse victims, and said he “let down” other priests by going into hiding.
A new report on the Donegal diocese of Raphoe is expected to reveal many more assaults on children by priests.
5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock.
Giuseppe Leanza is to be deployed to the vacant position in Prague, following his withdrawal from Ireland.
Cloyne report and Taoiseach Enda Kenny had condemned Vatican response to Church mismanagement of sex abuse claims in diocese.
Much of the international press picked up on the Taoiseach’s speech over the weekend. Here’s what they had to say…
Is the Taoiseach’s damning criticism of the Vatican a genuine turning point, or another false dawn?
Officials of the Holy See are yet to respond to Enda Kenny’s Dáil speech, which has generated a huge response.
5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock.
Enda Kenny told the Dáil that the Cloyne Report has exposed the Vatican’s “dysfunction, disconnection and elitism”; meanwhile, there have been further calls for the Papal Nucnio to be expelled from Ireland.
Nine things to know this morning: fears of more abuse victims in Donegal, Vatican denies telling Bishops to keep quiet on Cloyne, and the controversial t-shirt removed from a Sinn Féin website…
WITH LEVEL 5 restrictions coming into effect at midnight until 1 December, many businesses will be forced to close for the next six weeks.
Of course, many Irish businesses have an online presence and in the run-up to Christmas will rely heavily on support here at home.
As the festive season approaches we want to know: Will you make an extra effort to ‘buy irish’ this Christmas?
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Lecturer Maeve O’Rourke analyses the government’s nine main arguments in relation to the Bill.
This week, a home cook and recent sea swimming convert talks us through her week.
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'I didn't go too far': Taoiseach defends Cloyne report comments
Enda Kenny was responding to criticism levelled at him by the Vatican last weekend.
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