The Bishop of Clonfert has denied claims he had known that a priest he had moved from his parish due to child sex allegations had gone on to abuse children elsewhere.

Abuse groups call for Bishop John Kirby to resign after he admitted that in the 1990s he thought paedophilia was “a friendship that crossed the boundary line”.

THE Government must significantly increase its contribution to programmes for development aid in third world countries, the chairman of the Catholic aid agency Trocaire said yesterday.