A deceased priest who served for many years in Cork has been named as an alleged child sex abuser in the UK.

They’re not half-pregnant now. For years there, that’s essentially how the Cork senior hurlers were going about the place. 

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A priest has published a memoir as a way of raising urgent truths about the Church he has served for 60 years, writes Helen O’Callaghan 

More and more of us want to get away for the festive season — whether it’s for a sun-drenched Christmas, a cruise, or the ski slopes, says Ciara McDonnell.

A Fianna Fáil councillor has called for the removal of the LGBT community’s rainbow flag from above Cork’s City Hall, one of the world’s longest cruise liners docked in Cork today and Chelsea midfielder Eden Hazard has been voted the 2015 Footballer of the Year by the Football Writers’ Association. Just some of the latest and most read stories on irishexaminer.com.

TRAVEL and how we experience that longed-for getaway, be it in the sun, snow, wilderness or a city break, changes faster than those enticing last-minute holiday package offers posted in your local travel agency shopfront.

When you only manage seven forays into the opposition’s circle and your opponents rack up almost 40, you’d expect to be on the end of a hiding.

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THE cruises sector of the global travel industry has been defying recessionary trends and growing non-stop, with average annual growth of 9%.

THIS weekend, Helmut Schmidt and Henry Kissinger will participate in a discussion at the Munich Security Conference (MSC) — just as they did a half-century ago, when they took part in the first “Internationale Wehrkunde- Begegnung” (the forerunner of today’s conference).

F1 drivers from around the world have wished Michael Schumacher a full recovery as he lies in a coma after a skiing accident in France.

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In summer last year, Senator Mark Daly used parliamentary privilege to name an alleged child abuser. Here, he explains the choices with which he was faced

A long-serving bishop has sparked a storm of controversy over his fitness for the job after revealing he once thought paedophilia was “friendship gone too far”.

On the first day of his audit of rhe Sacred Heart Missionaries, the head of the Church’s child protection watchdog yelled ‘stop’.

The Sun on Sunday will publish for the first time next weekend, News International announced tonight.

Rupert Murdoch is in the UK today to take charge of the latest crisis involving one of his titles.

Journalists from Rupert Murdoch’s The Sun have contacted a trade union to discuss suing the tabloid’s owners, the union said, after five staff were arrested in a police bribery probe.

Rupert Murdoch is expected to fly to London this week after reassuring staff he would not sell The Sun in the wake of a second wave of arrests at the newspaper.

Five employees of The Sun, a serving Surrey Police officer, a serving member of the armed forces and a Ministry of Defence employee were arrested today over allegations of inappropriate payments to police and public officials.

Five employees of The Sun, a serving Surrey Police officer, a serving member of the armed forces and a Ministry of Defence employee were arrested in Britain today over allegations of inappropriate payments to police and public officials.

Five people have been arrested over payments to police officers in the phone-hacking inquiry, Scotland Yard said.

THE minister for health has advised the HSE that the predicted contraction in activity in response to a reduction in resources is not an acceptable policy.

The Irish Council for Civil Liberties invites submissions for the 2012 Human Rights Film Awards, reports Pádraic Killeen

A law firm barred from answering allegations that it failed to raise the alarm over evidence of police bribes at News International has tonight been authorised to talk to police and MPs.

PEMBROKE WANDERERS are charged with the task of causing one of the biggest upsets in EuroHockey League history when they take on Spain’s Club de Campo at Bloemendaal, near Amsterdam, today (11am Irish time).

WETRAVEL2, an offshoot of Topflight, are promoting a range of long-haul destinations for the coming year.

BRITISH RALLY champion, Keith Cronin is not that accustomed to playing the percentage game, mostly because the Cork driver hasn’t been required to adopt such a role.

IT’S a sign of the times that Irish tour operators are having to trim down operations to stay in business.

IT WAS an auspicious start to President Barack Obama’s new world order. By his second week in office he’d directed military leaders to end the war in Iraq, ordered the closing of Guantanamo Bay and witnessed Iraqi prime minister Nouri Maliki’s resounding victory that made it look like a 16-month exit plan is in the offing.

A CORK-BORN priest has detailed the pioneering role of two Cork men who were among the first members of what is now one of the world’s largest international missionary orders.

GLOUCESTER was one tough mother of a weekend.

A LIMERICK woman facing allegations of operating illegal rugby tours has sought to reassure Munster fans that there is no threat to their plans to travel to Italy next week.

HUNDREDS of Munster rugby fans heading to Italy for the Treviso game later this month may have to make alternative travel plans after claims that their tour operator has been conducting business illegally.