Father Fintan Gavin, 53, will become the fourth bishop to be appointed by the Vatican to join the Diocese of Cork and Ross, since it was formed in 1958.

His Holiness Pope Francis has appointed Fr Fintan Gavin, Chancellor of the Archdiocese of Dublin, as the new Bishop of Cork and Ross.

The Catholic Communications Office has defended a decision by a Cork church to have a speaker address the congregation about the forthcoming referendum on abortion after a woman contacted a local radio station to say that she walked out of an anniversary Mass because she did not want to be at a “rally.”

The Bishop of Cork and Ross is appealing to parents to be “sensible and moderate” for their children’s First Communion celebrations as several Cork families are currently working with a Liverpool designer to create the perfect dresses for their daughters.

The State spent just over €672,000 providing 24-hour security during the construction of a state-of-the-art Traveller housing project in Cork City, it has emerged.

The Bishop of Cork and Ross has claimed the word ‘fatal’ in fatal foetal abnormalities is “misleading” because doctors cannot predict with certainty the lifespan of babies before they are born.

A man who has brought smiles to the faces of countless sick and deserving children was given a standing ovation by more than 250 guests as he was pronounced Cork Person of the Year.

For more than 40 years she cared for a legendary Co Cork church.

Vandalism has delayed the opening of a community centre built in a €5m Traveller housing scheme in Cork.

There was no arguing the toss with Tina last night, least of all the crowd that happily sang along to her chorus of “Simply the Best” as the bus bearing the Rebelettes rolled down South Mall.

The Bishop of Cork and Ross has backed the calls of campaigners to make the vandalised mass grave of Magdalene women at Sunday’s Well accessible to the public.

Finalists in Ireland’s largest social event for senior citizens were feted yesterday ahead of the climax of the hugely popular Over 60s Talent Competition this weekend.

I was disappointed to read the pastoral statement by Bishop John Buckley on “marriage and the family”.

Courageous abuse survivor Louise O’Keeffe is set to take on the State again over its “insulting” settlement offer arising out of her landmark legal case.

The Bishop of Cork and Ross paid tribute last night to the family behind a religious store which has closed after being part of the city’s fabric for 60 years.

Road bowling was probably brought to Ireland by Dutch troops fighting for William of Orange and was once a common sport countrywide before being confined mainly to Cork and Armagh.

The Bishop of Cork and Ross has confirmed his intention to submit his letter of resignation to the Pope within two weeks.

"Scatty as hell" was how the family of Cork camogie powerhouse Briege Corkery described her last night after she left her handbag behind her in the train station having doled out autographs and hugs.

A Cork primary school has strongly criticised a neighbouring school over its unapproved plans to enrol infant boys.

You could say he walked it! The man who won Ireland’s first gold medal at the World Athletics Championships in 18 years has been crowned Cork Person of the Year.

The Catholic and Anglican bishops of Cork have issued a joint Christmas message, calling on the faithful to remember the season’s true meaning and to consider those forced to emigrate because of the recession.

Cork may be home to the country’s first Islamic Information Centre, but total integration will not happen until an immigrant makes it onto the county hurling team, according to Bishop John Buckley.

A former farm manager will be tending to new flocks after becoming the first Catholic priest ordained in the Diocese of Cork and Ross for two years.

Bishop John Buckley couldn’t live in the Bishop’s Palace. He would feel cut off, he tells Claire O’Sullivan

Enda Kenny insisted last night that there would be no regime of abortion on demand in Ireland.

The Bishop of Cork and Ross has stressed to massgoers that the Church has never taught that the “life of the child should be preferred to that of the mother”.

Foreign priests like Fr Kazimierz Nawalaniec will ensure Irish Catholics will be able to attend a full Mass in 15 or 20 years time, according to the Bishop of Cork and Ross.

The diocese of Cork and Ross will start a recruitment drive in the coming months aimed at encouraging both married and unmarried parishioners to join the clergy by becoming deacons.

Bishop John Buckley has said the declining number of priests is impacting more and more on his diocese as he announced plans to prioritise hospital chaplaincies and the pastoral care of the sick, dying, and bereaved.

The Bishop of Cork and Ross has told insurance companies they “have a moral obligation” to pay out claims made by flood victims in the city and county and must do so “quickly so that people could get back to normal”.

An ancient enclosed order of nuns has embraced social media to reach out to the world.

FATIGUE is now a major factor for the families and friends of the five lost fishermen.

NAVAL divers will make efforts again today to search the 21-metre, steel-hulled trawler the Tit Bonhomme, which is lying in a gully near Adam’s Island at the entrance to Glandore Harbour, in the hope the bodies of its five missing crew will be found on board.

THE Catholic diocese of Cork and Ross has announced a reduction in the number and frequence of Masses to be celebrated in churches as a result of the shortage of priests.

PARISH priests in the Cork and Ross diocese have introduced two new quarterly collections to meet a deficit in their finances.

PRESSURE is growing on Bishop John Magee to return home to deal with the fallout from the damning Cloyne report, as the Government demands answers from the Vatican regarding its “inappropriate intervention” in child protection here.

RELIGIOUS protesters prayed at the gates of University College Cork (UCC) for the second day in a row yesterday as a controversial image of “Our Lady of Guadalupe” went on display on campus.

THE first official report into last month’s fatal plane crash at Cork Airport is expected to be delivered to the victims’ families and survivors within days.

A MAN who has crusaded tirelessly for the elderly for over six decades was yesterday named the Cork Person of the Year for 2010.

THERE’s no clear favourite for the title of Cork Person of the Year but, according to the bookies, five people — including a sporting father and son — are definitely in the running.

NO worries about the end of year training ban for victorious Cork manager Conor Counihan, but an acceptance that his team faces arguably its biggest challenge to date in starting off the 2011 season as All-Ireland champions.

I WISH to commend Jennifer Sleeman and all women who took a stance in saying to the leaders of the Catholic Church that their treatment of women and girls is no longer acceptable.

ALMOST 200 people gathered at a special function in Cork last night to pay tribute to Joe Gavin, who is retiring after 10 years as city manager.