The next Bishop of Killaloe is expected to be made known today.

THE prospects of a “people’s memorial” for the victims of industrial schools and clerical sex abuse being erected in Ennis, Co Clare, received a blow yesterday.

THE Bishop of Killaloe has confirmed he was one of three ‘judges’ asked to investigate allegations of sexual abuse against two priests in a secret hearing in the Dublin Archdiocese 20 years ago.

THE Diocese of Killaloe has not ruled out the possibility of its parishioners being asked for financial contributions towards clerical abuse compensation payouts, as is happening in Ferns.

The Bishop of Killaloe says he believes that "many priests find celibacy a burden".

A Catholic Bishop criticised in a sickening report on the Church’s mishandling of clerical child sex abuse in Ireland was tonight given the full backing of priests and Mass-goers in his diocese.

The Bishop of Killaloe Willie Walsh has said he is "not going to stand in judgement" on the Bishop of Limerick Donal Murray.

A PRIEST who called for the immediate resignation of any archbishop or bishop who knew of clerical abuse was applauded by his congregation at Mass in Co Galway yesterday.

MUHAMMAD ALI met up with his Irish kinfolk yesterday when Ennis, home town of his great grandfather, Abe Grady welcomed back one of its own.

The Catholic Church has been left in a damaged position on Christmas Eve by the Cloyne child protection scandal, Bishop Willie Walsh has admitted.

The Bishop of Killaloe, Dr Willie Walsh, has donated lands worth an estimated €10m for the development of facilities for the elderly in Ennis, Co Clare.

THE leading victims’ support group in Ireland is defending the Bishop of Killaloe’s claim that demonising paedophiles is putting children at risk.

The Bishop of Killaloe Dr Willie Walsh has admitted that he referred a Clare priest later convicted of child sex abuse to a psychiatrist in 1995, but was told he posed no danger to children.

Irish roads have claimed yet another life - this time that of a woman in Nenagh, Co Tipperary.

THE revelation that a Galway-based priest has resigned after fathering a child by a 31-year-old woman has re-ignited the debate about celibacy in the Church.

THE weekend proposal by Bishop of Killaloe Dr Willie Walsh that Catholic priests should be allowed to marry is not a new one, although it is something which has always been anathema to Rome.

The Bishop of Killaloe Willie Walsh has called on the Catholic Church to allow priests to marry.

The Bishop of Killaloe has acknowledged the hurt caused by last week's controversial Vatican document on gay priests.

A GROUP representing thousands of people has threatened legal action to stop any downgrading of its local general hospital.

A number of Catholic bishops have been confronted by an abuse victim outside today's extraordinary general meeting at St Patrick's College in Maynooth.

The Bishop of Killaloe, Willie Walsh, has reiterated that a parish priest who apparently committed suicide in Co Clare yesterday was not involved in any investigation into sex abuse.

One of Ireland’s leading clergymen has criticised the response by the Catholic church to the way it has dealt with sexual abuse cases in some of its dioceses.