Vatican denies involvement in child abuse cover-up

channel4news 03-SEP-11

Hundreds to attend Lenihan funeral

belfasttelegraph 14-JUN-11

Archdiocese ‘must release list of Walsh’s victims’

examiner 18-DEC-10

Vatican to investigate sexual abuse

RTERadio 31-MAY-10

Cardinal Sean Brady vows to stay in wake of child abuse cover-up

thetimes 18-MAY-10

Pope Benedict says sex abuse crisis is 'terrifying'

irishtimes 12-MAY-10

Archbishop of Canterbury attacks religious symbols ban in Easter sermon

telegraph 05-APR-10

Teachers urge cut in schools run by church

irishtimes 05-APR-10

Protests over Pope's UK trip

thesun 04-APR-10

Catholic Church: 'serious sins' over child abuse scandal

telegraph 04-APR-10

Fresh criticism of Vatican clouds Easter weekend (AFP)

news 03-APR-10

Anglican leader: Irish Catholic church has lost 'all credibility'

cnn 03-APR-10

Pope's letter on Irish abuse due

bbc 20-MAR-10

Pope meets Irish bishops over abuse report

cnn 15-FEB-10

Bishops prepare for Vatican summit

RTERadio 14-FEB-10

Work-to-rule puts principals in ‘no-win’ situation

examiner 30-JAN-10

Bishop O’Mahony accused of questioning validity of Murphy report

examiner 29-JAN-10

Business as usual off the agenda for elite in Davos

irishtimes 25-JAN-10

Group urges bishop resignations

irishtimes 22-JAN-10

Pope to meet bishops over abuse

bbc 20-JAN-10

Removing religious influence from schools not in my remit, says Minister

irishtimes 19-DEC-09

Irish Bishop Donal Murray resigns over cover-up of child sex abuse

thetimes 17-DEC-09

Pope tells Irish bishops he was 'disturbed and distressed' by Murphy report

thetimes 11-DEC-09

Dublin accused of budget jitters

ft 10-DEC-09

Bishops seek cover-up forgiveness

channel4news 09-DEC-09

Speculation mounts over bishop's position

RTERadio 06-DEC-09

Sisters of Mercy to compensate abuse victims

RTERadio 03-DEC-09

Bishop defends response to report

bbc 02-DEC-09

Irish church covered up child abuse

eirepost 30-NOV-09

Parishes told of abuse 'distress'

bbc 29-NOV-09

Report: 'Dublin Catholic Church hid abuse'

euronews 26-NOV-09

O'Keeffe explains Protestant decision

RTERadio 22-OCT-09

Orders to offer more to abused

bbc 27-MAY-09

Ireland's 'darkest chapter' of child abuse

eirepost 26-MAY-09

Archbishop abuse view 'unhelpful'

bbc 22-MAY-09

Pell vows action on abuse

sbs 21-MAY-09

Report on Irish child abuse due

bbc 20-MAY-09

Irish PM Brian Cowen left red faced after delivering Obama speech at White House

thetimes 18-MAR-09

Irish Catholics divided over scam

NewsJang 25-DEC-08

Bishop, minister criticised over Cloyne report

irishtimes 23-DEC-08

IBOA urges against equity moves on banks

RTERadio 25-NOV-08

Pope begins first visit to France

bbc 12-SEP-08

Three new Dublin priests ordained

RTERadio 05-JUL-08

Dublin market rises in early trade

irishtimes 30-MAY-08

Martin says 'roots of violence' must be tackled

irishtimes 22-MAR-08

Victims of Troubles remembered

RTERadio 21-MAR-08

O'Sullivan resigns as Ireland coach

RTERadio 20-MAR-08

Teen girl held over Polish men's murders

irishtimes 03-MAR-08

Music promoter honoured at awards

bbc 16-FEB-08

Clerical abuse challenge dropped

bbc 11-FEB-08

Senior clerics clash over inquiry

bbc 01-FEB-08

Dublin schools to end Catholic-first policy

RTERadio 23-JAN-08

GAA wins for Wexford and Armagh

irishtimes 06-JAN-08

Two bodies found in Dublin canals

irishtimes 25-DEC-07

Brady appointed cardinal in Rome

bbc 24-NOV-07

Paisley may yet welcome Pope Benedict

examiner 20-OCT-07

Pope may visit Northern Ireland

RTERadio 19-OCT-07

Pope Benedict names 23 cardinals

timesofmalta 18-OCT-07

Two injured following Dublin shooting

RTERadio 06-OCT-07

McCreevy warns of 'recessionary effect' of credit crisis

irishtimes 15-SEP-07

Man shot dead in Finglas

RTERadio 15-JUL-07

Papal Transition: Two Years Later

RTERadio 03-APR-07

St Patrick's Day celebrated around Ireland

RTERadio 17-MAR-07

Four Courts Judge rules on embryos case Legislation prospect after embryo ruling

RTERadio 15-NOV-06

Obituary: Charles Haughey

guardian 14-JUN-06

In pictures: Charles Haughey

bbc 13-JUN-06

Doran calls for more effort on vocations

RTERadio 07-MAY-06

100 Dublin priests accused of abuse since 1940

guardian 09-MAR-06

Pope expected to name new cardinals soon

timesofmalta 21-FEB-06

Dangers of paedophile priests were ignored by Irish church

thetimes 26-OCT-05

Cardinals aim to heal rift left by John Paul

thetimes 16-APR-05

[-said]: These people may be few, but the damage they caused was huge,

news 03-SEP-11

[said:]: I'm very disappointed and annoyed. What do you do when you've got systems in place and somebody ignores them?

TheScotsman 22-JUL-11

[saying:]: I find myself today asking ‘can I be proud of the Church that I am a leader of?’ What I am seeing I have to be ashamed of. I have to be ashamed because of what was done to victims and other people in the Church,

euronews 21-JUL-11

[said:]: I find myself asking, can I be proud of the church that I am a leader of? What I'm seeing, I have to be ashamed of, because of what was done to victims and other members of the church.

u 21-JUL-11

[replied:]: I hope they can. But if there is somebody there that is not prepared to be honest, they will only be discovered when an audit is there which has the powers to be invasive.

examiner 21-JUL-11

[ said]: I find myself asking today, can I be proud of the church that I'm a leader of? I have to be ashamed of this,

AP 21-JUL-11

[said:]: The Church can never rest until the day in which the last victim has found his or her peace and he or she can rejoice in being fully the person that God in his plan wants them to be.

irishsun 20-JUL-11

[said:]: hiding isn’t helping

examiner 19-JUL-11

[ said]: Many in today’s Irish society have lost confidence in the Church,

examiner 27-JUN-11

[ said]: I would not say his (Pope Benedict’s) coming or not to the congress would be a definitive gesture by him to what has happened in the past,

examiner 08-MAR-11

[-told]: For covering up crimes of abuse, and by so doing actually causing the sexual abuse of more children… we ask God’s forgiveness,

stabroeknews 21-FEB-11

[-told]: For covering up crimes of abuse, and by so doing actually causing the sexual abuse of more children... we ask God's forgiveness,

thestar 21-FEB-11

[said:]: the horrific story

irish 27-DEC-10

[said:]: The first lesson to be learned from this is that in the cases of serial compulsive paedophiles, only decisive action is capable of stopping them ... Procrastination and indecisiveness are a part of a climate in which paedophiles flourish.

examiner 18-DEC-10

[said:]: As I have said on other occasions, in many aspects the church in Ireland had allowed itself to drift into a position where its role in society had grown beyond what is legitimate. It acted as a world apart. It had often become self-centred and arrogant. It felt that it could be forgiving of abusers in a simplistic manner and rarely empathised with the hurt of children.

offalyexpress 18-DEC-10

[concluded:]: The report chronicles a frightening moment in the history of the Church in Dublin. As I have said on other occasions, in many aspects the Church in Ireland had allowed itself to drift into a position where its role in society had grown beyond what is legitimate. It acted as a world apart. It had often become self-centred and arrogant. It felt that it could be forgiving of abusers in a simplistic manner and rarely empathised with the hurt of children. The first step on the road to renewal is for our Church t

examiner 18-DEC-10

[ said]: acted as a world apart. It had often become self-centred and arrogant

irish 18-DEC-10

[said:]: As I have said on other occasions, in many aspects the church in Ireland had allowed itself to drift into a position where its role in society had grown beyond what is legitimate.

irish 17-DEC-10

[said:]: Cardinal Desmond Connell, to his credit, was among the first to recognise this. Procrastination and indecisiveness are a part of a climate in which paedophiles flourish. This is the importance of the current child safeguarding norms of the Church in Ireland which have to be supported by everyone.

irish 17-DEC-10

[said:]: Chapter 19 provides additional specific evidence to the already horrendous narrative of the Murphy report. It reports the tragic and shocking story of how a devious, predatory paedophile used the priesthood to gain access to young children and abuse them and how no-one stopped him for years.

irish 17-DEC-10

[said:]: Tony Walsh was left in ministry, he was reassigned – he remained in contact with children, using his priestly dress and his membership of a priest’s show, where he was shown off as a priest, giving him constant access to young people.

irish 17-DEC-10

[said:]: The report chronicles a frightening moment in the history of the church in Dublin.

irish 17-DEC-10

[-said]: He probably should never have been appointed at that stage without investigating the matter,

irishsun 17-DEC-10

[asked:]: how do I explain to a community marked by such honesty, good neighbourliness and hard work that the church failed many children of this parish?

irishsun 13-DEC-10

[-declared]: called to renewal

herald 12-DEC-10

[said:]: They (Dr O'Mahony and Dr Walsh) belonged to the Metropolitan Chapter. I could do nothing about it. Asked if he had apologised to Ms Collins and other victims, he added:

irish 17-NOV-10

[said:]: Times are hard. In today’s economic and social uncertainty, we should not overlook the fact that even with all our deficiencies Ireland has achieved so much in recent years.

irishsun 08-NOV-10

[-said]: There is no adequate monitoring of perpetrators who are living in society. Many may constitute serious ongoing risk to children,

irishsun 16-SEP-10

[-noted that]: Assessing the truth of the past objectively and accurately is a precondition for assessing what is happening today. ... The church has to address its past honestly and completely.

irishsun 16-SEP-10

[ said]: Abuse was reinforced by covering it up,

AP 16-SEP-10

[said:]: Christian churches face the challenging but exciting task of welcoming and including new members who have a different language, different cultural backgrounds, and different experiences and expectations of church membership.

irishsun 08-SEP-10