CATHOLIC Church authorities in the Dublin Archdiocese covered up allegations of child sexual abuse over many years in order to avoid scandal and to protect the good name and assets of the institution, the Murphy Commission has concluded.

Survivors of clerical abuse demanded tonight that senior clergy and gardaí who allowed known paedophile priests to prey on defenceless children be brought to justice.

EVERY once in a while a television programme gets the whole nation talking.

Cardinal Archbishop Desmond Connell is today celebrating fifty years as a priest with a special mass at the Pro-Cathedral in Dublin.