BISHOP Willie Walsh, in his final week leading the diocese, has acknowledged he is very worried that a feud between Traveller families in the Ennis area could intensify.

BISHOP of Limerick Donal Murray, who was harshly criticised in a damning report on the Church’s mishandling of clerical child sex abuse, was last night given the full backing of priests and Mass-goers in his diocese.

A BISHOP recently rehabilitated by Pope Benedict XVI expressed regret yesterday to the pontiff for the “distress and problems” he caused by denying the Holocaust.

A REQUEST from the Presentation Sisters in Killarney to have a portion of their lands zoned for town centre facilities has been refused by the local town council.

BISHOP John Magee’s failure to deal promptly with child abuse allegations against priests in his diocese was not surprising — the Catholic club adopts a minimalist reaction to all kinds of misbehaviour by its own members, criminal and otherwise.

Abu Dhabi airline Etihad has approached bmi over a possible merger that would value the UK carrier at up to £600m (€757m), a report said today.

BISHOP Willie Walsh today launches a unique survey of Catholic married life and couples in the first seven years of marriage.

The man chosen to succeed Archbishop Robin Eames as the new Church of Ireland Primate of All-Ireland is to be announced today.

BISHOP Willie Walsh said yesterday that he was satisfied with his handling of a case involving a priest and former De La Salle brother who was convicted last month of sexually abusing a 10-year-old boy.

BISHOP Brendan Comiskey purchased an insurance policy in 1989 to protect the diocese of Ferns against liability arising from sexual abuse claims despite the fact he repeatedly failed to adequately deal with allegations of abuse against numerous priests.

BISHOP of Derry, Seamus Hegarty, has called on the Government to urgently establish a support agency for the Irish in Britain, many of whom suffer the effects of poverty, depression and alcoholism.

BISHOP Brendan Comiskey’s replacement stood by him yesterday, insisting the former Bishop of Ferns was not forced to resign.

BISHOP Eamonn Casey’s former parishioners in the Diocese of Galway would welcome him back, according to a new survey.