Redundancies as marriage counselling centre closes in row over assistance to same-sex couples

Staff at the Cork Marriage Counselling Centre are at risk of redundancy after the Cork and Ross Social Services said it could not sign a service-level agreement with Tusla, in part because it may be “inconsistent with the ethos of the Diocese of Cork & Ross”.

Pope Francis has appointed the Very Reverend Thomas Deenihan, a priest of the Diocese of Cork & Ross, as the new Bishop of Meath.