Bishop Eamonn Casey fathered a child, but at least he seemed human, and, subsequent to his resignation, the hierarchy became answerable, says Ryle Dwyer.

The arc of Eamonn Casey’s life had many highlights, all of which are aptly recalled in the wake of his death.

The revelations of May 1992 robbed the country of a bishop with energy and vision, writes TP O’Mahony.

Each new revelation in the succession of scandals to envelope the Catholic Church cast the transgressions of Bishop Casey in an ever more benighn light, writes Michael Clifford

Former Irish Examiner Religious Affairs correspondent TP O’Mahony profiles the life of one of Ireland’s most controversial religious figures.

WE are just back from another action-packed school tour. 

Here are some of the most memorable quotes from the Kerry politician.

Some 20 years after predictions were made of a ‘Catholic restoration’, the Church finds itself lost in modern Ireland, writes TP O’Mahony

ENGLAND:

LYNN Barber has just published a memoir, A Curious Career, about her days as Fleet Street’s greatest interviewer. Nobody can get to the nub of a celebrity like "the demon Barber".

We all know about the French President Francois Hollande.

THE inventor of television, John Logie Baird, was born in Helensburgh near Glasgow 125 years ago today. His invention was arguably the single most important of the past 100 years.

Revisiting the biggest scoop of the ’90s when it was revealed that Bishop Eamon Casey had fathered a child with American Annie Murphy elicits memories of that signal event.

When Eamon Casey’s son first met his father, the then Catholic bishop of Galway so upset the youngster that he fled from him in tears.

A retired Catholic bishop has admitted mistakes after a watchdog found opportunities to stop dangerous paedophile priests were consistently missed.

A former bishop has been criticised for unsatisfactory responses to child abuse allegations and risky behaviour of priests.

ANNIE Murphy, from Youghal, first approached South & East Cork Area Development Ltd (SECAD) in 2010 with the idea of selling free-range, locally produced poultry roasted fresh on-site at markets.

It’s 20 years since A Woman’s Heart captured the nation’s feelings, becoming one of the country’s best-selling albums. David Young recalls 1992.

Presenters of The Late Late Show on RTÉ over the last five decades have included Gay Byrne, Pat Kenny and the current host of the longest running chat show on earth, Ryan Tubridy.

AT HIS address on the opening night of RTÉ, 50 years ago today, President Éamon de Valera worried that TV might “lead through demoralisation to decadence and disillusion”.

ONE of Ireland’s most controversial clerics, Bishop Eamon Casey, was admitted to a Clare nursing home last week because of ill health.

A retired bishop who mishandled clerical child sex abuse cases tonight resigned as head of a charity.

Dan Buckley asks whether Ryan Tubridy can rekindle that Gaybo attraction.

THE television programme on RTÉ on Monday night At Home with the Clearys was a reminder of the megalomania of the late Fr Michael Cleary, a man who was always happy to be in the limelight as long as he was telling other people what to do.

Bishop Caasey has been cleared of sex abuse charges, it was confirmed today.

BISHOP Eamonn Casey was last night believed to be staying with relatives in Co Limerick following his arrival from England on Sunday.

Former Bishop of Galway Eamonn Casey has returned to Ireland 14 years after leaving the country amid a storm of controversy over his affair American woman Annie Murphy.

The Bishop of Galway Martin Drennan today called on Dr Eamonn Casey to apologise for his affair with an American divorcee before returning to the diocese.

THE former bishop of Galway Dr Eamon Casey is to return permanently to Ireland.

At least 150 women have been involved in sexual relationships with priests in Ireland since the early 1990s – with six giving birth to children, it was claimed today.

* In 1992, the media exposed the fact that Bishop Eamon Casey of Galway had fathered a son some 18 years earlier and abandoned both mother and child for years. To make matters worse, it became clear that he had used church funds to buy their silence.

FORMER Bishop of Galway Eamon Casey is expected to return to ministry in an English parish as it emerges that gardaí are unlikely to seek his prosecution in relation to claims of abuse made against him in Ireland.

FORMER Bishop of Galway Dr Eamon Casey, who is facing an allegation in Ireland, was not present at the funeral of retired bishop of the diocese James McLoughlin yesterday.

I REFER to you report concerning Bishop Eamonn Casey (Bishop ’should be at Galway Mass,’ Irish examiner, September 28). I wish you would not refer to him as “disgraced”

DISGRACED Bishop Eamonn Casey should be invited back to Galway next weekend to attend a jubilee Mass which will celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Pope’s visit, according to the city’s deputy mayor.

A HOUSE, which was the centre of a major scandal in the Catholic Church in the 1990s, has come on the market.

IN A public opinion poll published this week, 56% of the people surveyed in the Galway diocese felt that Bishop Eamonn Casey should not be required to explain his past actions.

A new poll shows the majority of people in Galway would be happy to see Bishop Eamonn Casey return to the diocese in some capacity.

BISHOP Eamonn Casey’s former parishioners in the Diocese of Galway would welcome him back, according to a new survey.

ANNIE MURPHY turned 74 earlier this month, but this active great-grandmother has a lot more learning to do.