The son of Bishop Eamon Casey has spoken of his joy at being reunited with his ill father for the first time in almost a decade.

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.

THE late Fr Michael Cleary has been pilloried all week in the media since the riveting RTÉ documentary on Monday night.

PEOPLE may have felt a sense of betrayal over the disclosure that Bishop Eamon Casey had fathered a son, but in the last analysis it was their own sense of innocence that was exposed.

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.

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.