An agreement has been reached to establish a new round of talks involving all the main political parties in Northern Ireland, Theresa May and Leo Varadkar have said in a joint statement.

Parish Priest at St John's Parish, Belfast, Father Martin J Magill commended 'the unification of our political leaders, for standing together in Creggan, on Good Friday" at Lyra McKee's funeral in Belfast today."

The men, aged 18 and 19, were arrested by PSNI detectives this morning.

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Dublin's Lord Mayor has confirmed some homeless families will have to be moved out of their emergency accommodation during the Pope's visit.

"I feel Daniel O'Donnell's Yes stance in the Gay Marriage Referendum was directly opposed to the Catholic Church here,”

Although he didn't make it through to the final, he was classed as one of the judges favourtie acts of the night.

The neighbours of murdered Limerick pensioner Rosie Hanrahan have turned off their Christmas lights or removed them as a mark of respect.

1% of what Apple owes is the entire ‘fiscal space’ available, writes Brian Lucey. 

A leading homeless campaigner is in favour of bringing back bedsits, but not for the benefit of landlords' pockets.

“If you can dance in a hotel you can dance in a church”

A Catholic priest who was a "wizard" in the Ku Klux Klan before becoming a clergyman has urged white supremacists to turn their back on hate by revealing his own personal journey from extremism.

A group of trainee priests were turned away from a pub in Cardiff after a member of staff thought they were on a stag do.

The monks of Mount Melleray Abbey in Cappoquinn, Co. Waterford recently reached out to their local community for support through the difficult times they are facing.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has supported Health Minister Simon Harris in his call for “breathing space” to resolve the new national maternity hospital crisis, saying talks are needed to put in place a “legally waterproof situation”.

The Diocese of Cork and Ross is facing a priest shortage crisis and some Masses could be replaced by public prayers with no communion in the years ahead.

It was a tradition that started among Ford employees all of 48 years ago.

A bag of grain — because he always produced “top quality grain” — and a copy of The Farmers Weekly — because no week was complete without it, were placed on the altar for the funeral Mass of Anthony O’Mahony, 74, the farmer who died in an incident involving a teleporter (truck-mounted lift) while on his way to check on his spring wheat at his lands in Rattoo south of the village last Tuesday.

Latest: Archbishop Eamon Martin has said it is with great sadness that he learned of Bishop Casey's death and has commended him for his work with Trócaire.

Update 12.26pm: A local priest has described how a family began removing Christmas decorations from their home after hearing of a fatal car crash.

A leading social justice activist has said he will not be lending his support to the occupation of a Dublin office block for homeless accommodation.

The family of Coast Guard volunteer Caitriona Lucas who died in a search operation have remembered her as an inspirational hero.

A Catholic monk has been charged with a string of historical sex offences against teenage boys after he returned to Britain from Kosovo following a five-year police hunt.

In the 1980s there were just two distilleries in Ireland. Today there are at least a dozen. Peter Mulryan explores this boom in his new book, The Whiskeys of Ireland, writes Leslie Williams.

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A priest got an unexpected perk of the job when out to lunch in Westport yesterday.

It's the work of artist John Braine who has painted the much-loved faces onto traffic boxes near Connolly Station.

If you’re walking by Connolly Station in Dublin any time soon, you may notice some familiar faces staring back at you.

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One of the country's best-known social justice campaigners is promising housing plans that would get rid of housing 'ghettoes' in favour of a more integrated approach.

Father Peter McVerry is calling for an immediate increase of 28% in rent supplement to prevent more families from becoming homeless.

A "dirty old man" known as Father Christmas because of his white bushy beard and big belly has been jailed for 22 months in England for grooming two girls in a pub by attempting to bribe them to show him their "privates".

Some stories and notices in the Cork Examiner this week 100 years ago

There is no evidence or basis to suggest Pope John Paul II had improper relations with a married woman, according to Poland’s national library.

The Ireland athletics team manager fears the unfolding doping and corruption scandal may extend beyond Russia, who were accused yesterday of “sabotaging” the London Games.

Flooding, snowstorms, a flu outbreak, even a fire, any of these might have slowed a group of Wisconsin nuns who nonetheless say nothing has kept their order from praying nonstop for hundreds of thousands of people for the last 137 years.

Amid conflicting reports about their whereabouts, the two Limerick children at the centre of a bitter custody battle in North Carolina were last night believed to have been on their way to Ireland.