Minister for Health Simon Harris said he does not believe there is a need to revisit the November agreement which was supposed to pave the way for the transfer of the national maternity hospital to the campus of St Vincent’s University Hospital in Elm Park.

The Bishop of Elphin says he finds it difficult to see how any Catholic could “in good conscience” vote for an election candidate or party whose policy is to legalise abortion.

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An appeal to Catholic parishes to take in refugees could see several thousand families from Syria and other conflict countries rehomed across the country.

The Government has rejected claims that State funding for marriage preparation courses provided by the Catholic support agency Accord was withdrawn because of the church’s opposition to same-sex marriage.

Former President Mary McAleese and Justice Kevin Cross have reassured middle Ireland that a ‘Yes’ vote on same-sex marriage will not undermine the the rights and status of families.

PEOPLE of a certain age will remember, though many have deliberately forgotten, how strident some Catholic churchmen were in the pronouncements they made about issues that had little or nothing to do with religious life or faith.

As I read Suzanne Harrington’s article on Monday’s Irish Examiner the above question kept ringing in my ears. 

The same-sex marriage debate should revolve around real names and faces instead of labels and categories, a Church of Ireland bishop and advocate of gay marriage has said.

AND so to the Bishop of Elphin, and his pronouncements on rape, parenting, and homosexuality, writes Suzanne Harrington.

The Catholic Bishop of Elphin Kevin Doran has accused the Government of misleading the public over the impact of the marriage equality referendum.

Singer Kelly Mongan recalled Ireland’s suicide rate among Travellers when she helped launch a DVD aimed at heightening awareness of mental health within her community.

HUNDREDS of well- wishers gave a standing ovation to a priest who returned to his parish yesterday after being cleared of allegations he fathered a child in Kenya 30 years ago.

Like many things, PC is in the eyes of the beholder. Those who baulk at the term turn PC themselves if something is uttered which they find offensive.

The family of a priest who died in suspicious circumstances 25 years ago today are calling for an inquiry into his death.

IN reply to James McGrath (Letters, March 15), if the Catholic Church doesn’t think worshippers are to blame for priests raping children, why did the Bishop of Ferns ask worshippers to pay a “rape tax”?

ONCE again the Catholic church embarks on a great bureaucratic filibuster – now it is going to audit the abuse of children by church employees.

A 31-BED ward at the Mercy University Hospital (MUH) in Cork is to close until the end of the year as the hospital struggles to claw back €4.6 million of a €7.2m accumulated deficit.

The Co Roscommon Archdiocese of Elphin has launched its policy on child protection.

The jailing of five Co Mayo men for blocking work on a Shell gas pipeline is regrettable, but the court’s decision must be respected, Taoiseach Bertie Ahern said today.