The Catholic Church dioceses of Meath, Raphoe and Ossory have been criticised in an audit of child protection guidelines.

The Ombudsman for Children, Emily Logan, is expected to resume inquiries into the HSE's handling of the child protection audit of Catholic Church Dioceses.

THE Ombudsman for Children is to meet with the Health Service Executive (HSE) tomorrow after she announced she was suspending her audit of its handling of clerical child abuse cases over an alleged lack of co-operation.

A children’s watchdog today suspended an investigation into an audit of sex abuse allegations in the Catholic Church amid claims that health chiefs have not co-operated.