Three actions for damages brought here against a Catholic Bishop in a representative capacity over the Church’s alleged failure to act to prevent paedophile priest Fr Brendan Smyth sexually abusing children have been halted by the Court of Appeal.

The response to child sex abuse allegations was totally inadequate and ineffective, the former head of the Catholic Church in Ireland has said.

Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Cardinal Seán Brady, the leader ofthe Catholic Church in Ireland.

Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Cardinal Sean Brady, the leader of the Catholic Church in Ireland.

I should like to put on the record my opinion that although the sexual abuse of young children by Father Brendan Smyth was undoubtedly criminal, the concealment of those crimes by Cardinal Sean Brady was evil.

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.

Victims of a notorious paedophile priest have been barred from taking further legal action against the Catholic Church because of an earlier settlement.

A Catholic Bishop has urged the High Court to stop him being sued by a man who received £25,000 (€30,341) after settling his Northern Ireland court action over being sexually abused as a child by paedophile priest Fr Brendan Smyth.

A Mass-going North Cork TD has been given assurances by Church leaders that he will not be excommunicated for supporting the abortion legislation.

By standing up to the Catholic bishops following their latest intervention in the abortion debate, the Taoiseach has accurately read the public mood.

THE Catholic Church is unlikely to employ me as a communications advisor, so this pithy pearl of wisdom is on the house — step away from the microphones, Cardinal Sean Brady.

The Taoiseach has decisively rejected an intervention by the Catholic Church on planned abortion laws, saying this is a republic and he has a duty to uphold its laws.

For some time now the authority of the Catholic Church in Ireland has been waning visibly.

Catholic bishops have increased the pressure on Fine Gael TDs to oppose the planned legislation allowing abortion in limited circumstances, branding the proposals “dramatic and morally wrong”.

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.

The cleric set to become the next head of the Catholic Church in Ireland has pledged to work to heal the wounds of those who have lost trust in the institution.

Cardinal Seán Brady is the latest in a line of cardinals across the world facing criticism from clerical sex abuse victims for being allowed to vote for the next Pope.

Prayers are being said at Masses across Ireland today for murdered police officer Adrian Donohoe.

Church authorities spelled out their opposition to planned abortion legislation during a meeting with the Government yesterday.

The Taoiseach says the appointment of a successor to Cardinal Seán Brady with someone who has a child protection background is "very welcome".

Monsignor Eamon Martin has been appointed assistant bishop in the Archdiocese of Armagh, as Cardinal Sean Brady plans to retire as head of the Catholic Church in Ireland.

The Pope will announce the successor to the head of the Catholic church in Ireland Cardinal Sean Brady today.

Cardinal Seán Brady has been accused of scaremongering and misrepresentation following comments about abortion during his Christmas message.

Labour's Michael McNamara has said Cardinal Brady is misrepresenting the government position in relation to the X-case

WHERE was Cardinal Sean Brady’s conscience when he helped hush-up the crimes of a child rapist?

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”.

DESIGNED as territories of spiritual and temporal control, Ireland’s diocesan structures date from the Synod of Kells in 1152. The bishop was a spiritual ‘capo’ and a lord who ruled.

The Catholic Church will launch its pro-life campaign this weekend with anti- abortion messages for Mass- goers, posters in churches, and testimonies from women who have experienced crisis pregnancy.

Cardinal Sean Brady has offered prayers for the family of murdered Irish woman Jill Meagher at a memorial in St Peter’s Church, Drogheda.

I am writing this in relation to the demonstration that took place on Sept 9 at Assumption Road in Cork City.

AFTER long debate but little action, this academic year parents will be given a choice to change the patron, and by extension the culture, of their child’s school.

The comments by Pat Rabbitte on RTE radio in relation to Cardinal Brady represent a flagrant abuse of the correct concept of separation of Church & State.

Cardinal Brady has no right to lecture anyone on the morals of abortion when, back in the 1970s, his ineptitude failed to protect children from clerical sex abuse, argues Michael Clifford

Who coined the phrase that Ireland is not a Catholic country for a Catholic people anymore? Pat Rabbitte, Minister For Communications, is not communicating very well with the majority of Ireland’s Catholic population when he uses vitriolic speak to attack the spiritual leader (Cardinal Brady) of Ireland’s Catholic Church.

The head of the Catholic Church, Cardinal Sean Brady, is coming under fire after announcing plans to lobby TDs on the issue of abortion.

Labour Minister Pat Rabbitte has criticised Cardinal Sean Brady for comments he made over the weekend on abortion.

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.

Cardinal Sean Brady has vowed to vigorously oppose any Government proposals to legislate for abortion in Ireland.

In an interview on RTÉ Radio last Saturday, Fr Brian D’Arcy defended his attendance at the recent rally in support of the Quinn family on the grounds of “compassion”, and compared it with his attendance at marches in the 1990s by victims of clerical and State-sponsored abuse.

Pope Benedict’s message to the International Eucharistic Congress:

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.

Thousands of people are set to attend day two of the 50th International Eucharistic Congress in Dublin today, which began yesterday with lower than expected attendance and amid renewed calls for the resignation of Cardinal Seán Brady.

Eighty years and a world away from its last staging in Ireland, the International Eucharistic Congress has returned to Dublin to the delight of devout Catholics and a marked indifference by the wider public.

The "spiritual Olympics" of the Catholic Church will be staged in Ireland next week, attracting thousands of pilgrims from around the world.

A child safeguarding conference is to take place in the diocese of Kilmore, Co Cavan tonight, after a recommendation from the Church's National Board for Safeguarding Children.

It is chilling to read that Cardinal Sean Brady has not resigned after the BBC report of his failure to report to police and parents a list of children who were being abused by notorious paedophile priest Brendan Smyth in 1975.

Cardinal Brady should have resigned, but he and his advisors again adopt a narrow interpretation of Canon Law which is self-serving and gives primacy to the welfare of the institutional Church.

THERE is a real tremor of delight in subsuming ones intelligence to the blatant nonsense that a particular washing powder will wash whiter than white.

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.