What do an award-winning street in Cork, an oak tree in Ardpatrick, and a church in Blackrock have in common?

An IRA group which was killed during an ambush by the SAS in the Co Armagh village of Loughgall in 1987 was responsible for up to 50 murders, secret government documents have revealed.

SPEAKING in Dublin this week, Catholic primate Archbishop Eamon Martin told a conference that principals and boards in Catholic schools would “ensure that religious education is given a high priority in curriculum planning and resourcing”. 

Pope Francis may visit Ireland in 2018 after announcing the world’s largest gathering of Catholic families is to be held in Dublin.

The Government is to “throw everything” at a yes vote in the marriage equality referendum, after tightening poll numbers set Coalition nerves on edge.

The Catholic primate, Archbishop Eamon Martin, at the Holy Thursday Chrism Mass in St Patrick’s Cathedral, in Armagh, said that “sometimes, daring to witness openly to our sincerely held Christian convictions can bring upon us ridicule, condemnation or even persecution” (Irish Examiner, April 3).

Being a Christian can often bring “ridicule, condemnation, or even persecution” according to the primate of all Ireland.

The Irish representative on the Vatican’s new child protection council said "it would have been better" for the survivors of abuse by Brendan Smyth if Cardinal Sean Brady had resigned two years ago.

Cardinal Sean Brady has offered his resignation as Archbishop of Armagh.

His combative style and fearlessness, while often useful in a recession-time government, proved to be his undoing, writes Mary Regan.

The next Catholic primate, Archbishop Eamon Martin, has controversially stated that TDs who support the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill are excommunicating themselves and should be denied communion.

The head of the Catholic Church in Ireland, Cardinal Sean Brady, has signalled a possible legal challenge to proposed abortion legislation unless it is changed.

Alan Shatter relishes the challenge to confront issues, says political correspondent Mary Regan

It was an historic announcement that stunned both his inner circle and the wider religious world.

Cardinal Sean Brady has urged people opposed to abortion to make their views known in a reasonable and forthright manner.

The Catholic bishops have expressed continued dismay at the proposals made by the expert group on abortion, warning three of the proposals involve direct abortion which the hierarchy say is “morally wrong”.

Pro-choice campaigners have called for the Irish Government to change the law on abortion after the Marie Stopes charity announced it is opening a private clinic in Belfast.

The shot across the bows from Catholic Primate of All-Ireland Cardinal Seán Brady, asserting that the Government is not obliged to legislate for any form of abortion because of the judgment of the European Court of Human Rights on the so-called ABC case, was as predictable as it is divisive.

The Catholic primate of All Ireland, Cardinal Seán Brady, has said it is “a matter of deep shame” that Church leaders did not always respond to the cries for help from clerical abuse victims.

The clerical sexual abuse survivor at the centre of the week-long controversy over Cardinal Seán Brady has said there will be “no healing” until the senior cleric resigns as Catholic Primate of All-Ireland.

I’ve watched RTE reporter Tommie Gorman’s 18 minute interview on May 2 with Catholic Primate of All Ireland and Archbishop of Armagh, Cardinal Sean Brady, about when, in 1975, as a part-time 36 year-old-secretary to a bishop, he was the notetaker at a meeting with a young man telling his story of being abused by the most persistent of paedophile priests, Fr Brendan Smyth.

Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore said that it is his personal view that the Catholic Primate of all Ireland, Cardinal Seán Brady, should resign in the wake of the latest abuse scandal.

Survivors of institutional child sex abuse in the North are to meet the Catholic Primate this morning.

THE Catholic primate, Cardinal Sean Brady, is confident the new papal nuncio, Archbishop Charles Brown, will forge “strong and fruitful” links between Ireland and the Holy See.

CARDINAL Seán Brady has reiterated his offer to meet a survivor of clerical child abuse and make a personal apology to him, a spokesman has confirmed.

Ireland has been united by its opposition to those who killed Constable Ronan Kerr, Taoiseach Enda Kenny has said.

Catholic, Protestant and Orthodox representatives will meet today to discuss the role of the Church in education in Ireland.

The Vatican has announced details of a special inquiry into the Church in Ireland.

Cardinal Sean Brady has been discharged from hospital, after collapsing yesterday evening.

A SPECIAL Garda unit is being set up to document, monitor and investigate clerical sex abuse cases and other sexual offences.

The Garda Commissioner Fachtna Murphy has confirmed that Cardinal Seán Brady is not under garda investigation at this point in time.

The Pope's long-awaited pastoral letter to Irish Catholics following the clerical child sex abuse scandals will be published today.

The head of the Catholic Church in Ireland, facing calls to resign over revelations that he did not report complaints against a paedophile priest to police, said today that he will only step down if told to by the Pope.

Pressure is today mounting on the head of the Catholic Church in Ireland to resign over revelations he never reported complaints against a paedophile priest to authorities.

Cardinal Sean Brady is defending his role in connection with an alleged cover-up of child abuse in the 1970s.

A stable future for the North would be the best monument to Cardinal Cahal Daly, mourners at his funeral heard today.

The Pope today hailed the peace-building work of Ireland’s former Roman Catholic Primate, Cardinal Cahal Daly, as his body lay in state in Belfast.

Hundreds of mourners paid respects Cardinal Cahal Daly today as his remains were laid in state in a Belfast cathedral closely associated with his ministry.

POLITICIANS and church leaders have paid tribute to the efforts of Cardinal Cahal Daly in helping end the Troubles.

The former head of the Catholic Church in Ireland, Cardinal Cahal Daly, will lie in state tomorrow in the cathedral closely linked to his ministry.

Politicians and church leaders today paid tribute to the legacy of Cardinal Cahal Daly, who died last night in Belfast City Hospital at the age of 92.

Former leader of the Catholic Church Cardinal Cahal Daly died tonight.

Cardinal Sean Brady and Archbishop of Dublin Diarmuid Martin have been summoned to the Vatican to discuss the findings of the Dublin Archdiocese clerical child sex abuse report.

The Catholic Church and Irish Government covered up decades of brutal sexual abuse and beatings by priests and nuns on thousands of children in state care, one of the most damning reports on clerical abuse revealed today.

The Archbishop of Dublin, Diarmuid Martin, says Europe needs Ireland as much as Ireland needs Europe.

Catholic bishops from throughout Ireland will gather today for a special summit on the latest child sex abuse controversy to rock the church.

Catholic Primate Cardinal Sean Brady tonight said under-fire Bishop of Cloyne John Magee should not resign.

The One in Four support group for victims of sexual abuse has condemned an apology by the Catholic Church over the Cloyne abuse scandal as 'too little, too late".

The Catholic primate of all Ireland says questions need to be asked about whether the EU is really benefiting the lives of its citizens.