Church leaders have come together to condemn the attack last Monday on a Galway mosque.

The Government has bowed to national and international pressure over the scandal of the death of 4,000 babies who were buried in unmarked, unconsecrated and mass graves at homes for unmarried mothers.

The Catholic Church is facing a critical shortage of clergy after losing one in five of its diocesan priests in just five years.

FILES on teachers who abused pupils but were not reported to the gardaí may still be held in Catholic diocesan offices, a survivor’s representative has claimed.