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* January 6: Three members of UDR killed by an IRA landmine near Castlewellan, Co Down.

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

The resignation of Fr Maurice Dillane, 73, as curate in the Woodford-Looscaun parish of Galway has again rocked the Catholic Church, which seems to be lurching from one crisis to another in recent years.

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.