An arrogant Church hierarchy has a long history of scapegoating and trying to cover up serious scandals, says Ryle Dwyer

He’s just 4ft 7in in height, bald, not much of a talker, and almost impossible to cuddle, but the new guy in Joanne O’Riordan’s life might just be the man of her dreams.

Actor Jack Gleeson and a few of his Trinity buddies in the buff. Tasteful.

The first woman bishop Ireland or the UK has been installed by the Anglican Church.

MOST people attending the three-day ploughing championships, which begin in Ratheniska, Co Laois, tomorrow, will be interested primarily in the machinery.

The Church of Ireland has appointed its first ever female Bishop.

Ireland is being investigated by the European Commission over its tax affairs because the commission is looking for some positive media coverage, according to Professor Frank Barry of Trinity College, Dublin.

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN put it succinctly when he declared that “those who would sacrifice liberty for security deserve neither”.

GMIT, Derry, DCU, Wicklow, Armagh and Louth got their Bord na Móna Kehoe Cup campaigns off to a winning start this afternoon.

Finance expert Brian Lucey is describing as "insanity" the payment of €3.1bn for the Anglo promissory notes in March 2013, nearly the equivalent of the removal from the economy of €3.5bn in tomorrow's budget.

Irish crews make up nine of the 133 overseas boats in a record entry of 499 crews at this year’s Henley Royal Regatta, beginning today.

Super-heroic tweets sent by a young Cork comedy writer will bring him shoulder to shoulder with Graham Norton, Alan Carr and some of the biggest names on British television at the forthcoming Bafta awards.

A new report by Trinity College, Dublin, has criticised the care provided to people with dementia in Ireland.

THE prohibition system favoured in this country in the fight against drugs has failed miserably and should be abandoned to facilitate a more practical and workable policy, a leading criminologist has insisted.

DAVID NORRIS insisted he was healthy enough to stand as president despite drawing down a disability payment for 16 years from Trinity College, Dublin.

THREE-out-of-every-four GPs have referred a patient for obesity-battling medications, while almost all have patients who had invasive weight-related surgery with or without their doctor’s approval.

A FATHER whose son is missing, feared drowned, following a boating accident in the US, last night described him as his “shining light”.

The Government tonight appointed a new Central Bank governor, handpicked for the first time from outside the top ranks of the civil service.

I WISH to reply to the letter headlined ‘Wind energy a simplistic solution’ from Prof Philip Walton (May 12).

THEY MAY have ridden their luck, but St Patrick’s College, Drumcondra will feel they deserved to qualify for the final of the Ulster Bank Trench Cup at the expense of Trinity College, Dublin at CIT yesterday.

Cork IT will meet DIT in the Sigerson final after both colleges came through their respective semi-finals at Cork IT today.

The death of award-winning disabled author Christopher Nolan was announced today.

IS NOTHING in hurling beyond the reach of Cha Fitzpatrick?

THE pub culture has been changing in this country in recent years. The drift from the bars is matched only by the drop in vocations and the attendances at Sunday mass, which can probably be attributed largely to the culpable arrogance of prominent church people.

A STUDY launched yesterday will lift the lid on ageing in persons with an intellectual disability in Ireland for the first time.

THE Government was yesterday told to urgently tackle the problem of women being trafficked into Ireland’s growing sex trade.

Around 500 overseas children are being adopted by Irish families every year, new figures released today reveal.

I WISH to express my dismay at the rash decision to terminate the three-year professional actor-training programme, The Bachelor in Acting Studies (BAS), at Trinity College, Dublin.

MERION PHARMACEUTICALS has joined forces for research with Trinity College, Dublin in aN agreement worth €110,000 for the first year.

Proof was provided today that a workplace smoking ban will improve people’s health when it comes into force next year.

It is more than a year since an RTÉ Prime Time Special highlighted appalling scenes of neglect and abuse at the Leas Cross Nursing Home in Swords, County Dublin.

THE director of one of Ireland’s newest art galleries was yesterday named as the recipient of a fellowship named in memory of one of the country’s leading lights in the arts.

IT was honours even for the four provinces last night at the RIAI’s 2006 Irish Architecture Awards when Environment Minister Dick Roche presented the four main prizes to projects in Cork, Galway, Belfast and Kildare.

CENTENARY celebrations to mark the birth of Irish writer Samuel Beckett were launched yesterday by Arts Minister John O’Donoghue in Dublin Castle - kicking off a month long series of events commemorating the writer’s life and work.

Some 7% of Dublin men who suffered a heart attack drove themselves to hospital emergency units, a new study revealed today.

AMBITIOUS, determined and talented, Rory Carroll’s intrepid journalism has taken him across Europe, Africa and, inevitably, to Iraq’s volatile capital Baghdad.

Ambitious, determined and talented, Rory Carroll’s intrepid journalism has taken him across Europe, Africa and, inevitably, to Iraq’s volatile capital Baghdad.

The Guardian newspaper said today one of its reporters has disappeared in Iraq and it believes he was kidnapped.

It is crazy to have the Department of Health appoint a Strategic Task Force on Alcohol and then ignore its recommendations.

THE appointment of two women to the top executive positions in Limerick Chamber of Commerce should be seen as a welcome signal to businesswomen, new chief executive Maria Kelly said yesterday.

NEW laws to tackle compo culture and exaggerated claims may be unfair to genuine victims, a senior legal expert has warned.