THE Ryan and Cloyne reports into child abuse in the Catholic Church could be seen in simple black and white terms: It was easy to loathe the abusers and the parish priests and bishops who colluded to protect them, to shudder at how bereft and powerless the child victims were, and at the torment of parents when they learned what had gone on around them.

Gardaí are in the process of preparing an initial report for the government into the mass grave at a former mother-and-baby home in County Galway.

Pre-tax profits at rescued regional newspaper group, Celtic Media totalled just under €1.6m in its first year of operation, new figures show.

So did you know that Zorro was Irish?

KEVIN O’SULLIVAN has been named as the editor of The Irish Times, succeeding Geraldine Kennedy.