On behalf of We are Church Ireland, I welcome the Sisters of Mercy’s outlining of the contributions made by them to statutory compensation funds.

The Government’s recent tough talk that religious orders should pay compensation to Magdalene survivors is at odds with its stance on the McAleese report, writes Conall Ó Fátharta

The Catholic Church is as imaginative and determined as any fallen Celtic Tiger high roller when it comes to trying to protect assets.

The Cabinet has criticised a refusal by religious orders to pay into a compensation fund for Magdalene Laundry survivors.

The religious orders responsible for running the Magdalene Laundries have told the Government they will not contribute to the fund set-up for survivors.

The former Convent of Mercy in Cappoquin has a price guide of €450,000.

I HAVE long admired the great contribution of the many admirable women religious who have so enhanced the stature of the Catholic Church over the centuries.

THE Sisters of Mercy have offered to contribute cash and properties worth over €127.5m in compensation to the victims of physical and sexual abuse in former industrial schools run by the order.

THE Mercy Sisters are expected to make a decision after next week’s general election which will determine whether or not dozens of girls in Galway and Clare must double their journey to school.

CELEBRATIONS to mark the 150th anniversary of one of the country’s leading medical institutions were launched in Cork last night.

AT first sight, it might not seem that Beverly Flynn and Martin Cullen have a lot in common. She’s from a dyed-in-the-wool Fianna Fáil family and he’s a political waverer.

It’s not easy to come up with an apology when your apple-cheeked daughter is caught dragging naked prisoners around on a dog-leash and pointing gleefully to their exposed genitals.