Cardinal Sean Brady will lead a conference focused on good neighbours in Dublin next week, it emerged today.

Irish Bishops today called on German Chancellor Angela Merkel to pressure leaders of the G8, the world’s richest countries, to meet commitments they have already given on aid and debt relief.

IRISH bishops have condemned the death sentence imposed on deposed Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein.

The Government’s failure to honour its commitment on overseas aid is “deeply disappointing”, the newly formed Irish Commission for Justice and Social Affairs said today.