Communities living “under the power” of criminal gangs need to be supported in building up their independence and in protecting their children, the Catholic Archbishop of Dublin has said.

The Archbishop of Dublin, Diarmuid Martin, has said that there will have to be a discussion on clerical abuse when the Pope visits Ireland this summer.

The Archbishop of Dublin says the Kinahan/Hutch gang feud is a threat to democracy.

One of the country's most senior clergymen has said the last words of Padraig Pearse should be a challenge to every generation.

Archbishop of Dublin Diarmuid Martin has called for honesty and courage from politicians on how they deal with abortion issues.

The leader of the Catholic Church in Ireland has denounced as “despicable” the gangsters behind a bloody feud spilling on to the streets of Dublin.

Archbishop of Dublin Diarmuid Martin has said baptising a child just to get them into a school is an abuse of the sacrament.

The Primate of all Ireland Eamon Martin is calling on each Irish citizen to pray for the victims of the Paris terror attacks.

The Archbishop of Dublin is defending the rule prioritising children who've been baptised in Catholic Schools.

The Archbishop of Dublin, Dr Diarmuid Martin will celebrate a special mass at Dublin's Pro-Cathedral this evening in memory of the .

Civil partnership does not go far enough in fully recognising the love of gay and lesbian people, Archbishop Diarmuid Martin has said.

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

The Archbishop of Dublin has described the newly canonised popes John XXIII and John Paul II as men “who in their day to day ordinary lives try heroically to live the Christian life”.

Pope Francis, starting four packed days of events culminating in Easter, said the Church must always be a refuge for the poor, the homeless, and the sick.

Archbishop Diarmuid Martin has said there is a need to restore public confidence in the law, but he warned against unrelenting criticism of the Garda.

Some people in the Catholic Church may be homophobic and using its teaching against gay people, the Archbishop of Dublin, Dr Diarmuid Martin has admitted.

The fact that a dozen paedophile priests were active in Dublin in the 1970s has been described by the city’s Catholic Archbishop Diarmuid Martin as a tragedy.