The new Archbishop of Cashel and Emly, Cork-born Bishop Kieran O’Reilly, will be installed early in 2015.

The Archbishop of Tuam says it is his understanding that the managers of the mother and baby Home in Tuam handed material to Galway County Council and health authorities in 1961.

A number of Catholic priests have been specifically trained to carry out exorcisms in response to a growing demand from parishioners around the country.

More than 20,000 pilgrims, including three bishops, braved torrential rain yesterday to scale the 764m to the summit of Croagh Patrick for the annual Reek Sunday climb.

A chance trip to the Basilica of St Paul in Rome has led to a changed spelling of Mayo’s county grounds.

ARCHBISHOP Diarmuid Martin is without doubt the most impressive and respected prelate in the country.

More than 20,000 people are expected to make the annual pilgrimage to Croagh Patrick today.

THE directors of the company that operates the House of Prayer on Achill Island in Co Mayo said they have taken steps to ensure its survival.

The Archbishop of Tuam has said priests and bishops share the public's anger and distress at the Church's mishandling of clerical child sex abuse.

IT’S crystal clear once again with the revelation in the Murphy report into the Diocese of Cloyne that the institutional church’s secrecy and methods of operation are dysfunctional.

An allegation has been made against a parish priest regarding "child safeguarding" issues.

THE Diocese of Killaloe has not ruled out the possibility of its parishioners being asked for financial contributions towards clerical abuse compensation payouts, as is happening in Ferns.

AUXILIARY Bishop of Dublin Eamonn Walsh has said he does not believe the inquiry into child abuse should be extended to the rest of the country.

THE Church has said the faithful are in danger of being misled by recent claims of apparitions at the Knock Shrine.

The Archbishop of Tuam has criticised those who have been predicting that Our Lady will appear at Knock Shrine in Co. Mayo.

At least six children were treated for hypothermia today during the annual pilgrimage to Croagh Patrick.

More than 20,000 people are expected to make the annual pilgrimage to Croagh Patrick today.

Over 20,000 people are expected to climb Croagh Patrick today.

A Sligo parish priest said he was looking forward to resuming his duties after being tareted by what he claimed was an untrue allegation of abuse.

GARDAÍ have ruled out foul play after a pensioner and his daughter died in a house fire in the early hours of yesterday morning.

Four people who attended an industrial school in Galway have complained of suffering sexual abuse, it emerged tonight.

In his homily at Tuam Cathedral today, Archbishop Michael Neary said it had been a difficult week for the Church.

The Government has asked all Bishops to clarify their procedures regarding the removal of priests accused of abuse.

THE priest at the centre of a rape allegation in the archdiocese of Tuam is to step aside while an investigation is undertaken, the Archbishop of Tuam confirmed last evening.

The Catholic Church tonight suspended a priest at the centre of rape allegations.

Pilgrims preparing to tackle Ireland’s "sacred mountain" were told today that the challenge ahead of them symbolised the need to regenerate the Catholic Church.

A Co Galway missionary priest has been murdered in a gun attack by a terrorist faction in Uganda.