A court ruling, granting an international footballer and his fiancee legal recognition of their looming humanist wedding, is to be appealed.

A British soldier who killed a "totally innocent" teenager when he fired close to a crowd of youths in Derry was unjustified in discharging the fatal round, a coroner has ruled.

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The Church of Ireland Bishop of Cork condemned a city centre attack on a Muslim leader who has helped foster inter-faith links.

Cork County Council has defended its handling of the flooding crisis.

There will be an extra motivation for the members of Ireland’s senior men’s team as they line out for their clubs in the Irish Senior Cup’s opening round this weekend.

Church of Ireland Bishop Paul Colton was so moved by the experience of a survivor of the Westbank orphanage that he has called for all Protestant homes to be included in the Mother and Baby Home investigation.

Perched high above the harbour and as picturesque, quaint and historic as the town itself, Kinsale’s Southwell Alms Houses are being put out to tender today with a view to preserving their antiquity and architectural integrity while giving them a new lease of life.

Kinsale’s Alms Houses (or Gift Houses,) aren’t standard ‘House of the Week’ material - in effect, they are houses of the century. 

Instead of the Red Chair, two armchairs upholstered in a suitably-episcopal purple hosted the action when entertainer, broadcaster and writer Graham Norton did his star turn with a real life  bishop, at West Cork's  Bantry Literary Festival Friday night.

The first bishop to openly back same-sex civil marriage has described as “reprehensible” the comments of a pastor who said homosexuality is a sexual sin, like rape and adultery.

A study using mice has uncovered a possible new cause of Alzheimer’s disease, and suggests a drug being investigated in human clinical trials to treat cancer could prevent the illness.

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.

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A Church of Ireland bishop has supported the introduction of civil marriage for same-sex couples for the first time.

Dunlop champion Declan Boyle is an absentee from Sunday’s third round encounter the Seven Oaks Hotel Carlow Rally.

Cork Church of Ireland completed a domestic treble as Richard Lynch’s extra-time strike sealed a 3-2 Munster Senior Cup final victory over UCC at Garryduff yesterday.

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Former Garda sergeant Leo Colton has rejected the Smithwick findings that he was trusted by the Provisional IRA and helped them to get false passports.

A former Garda has rejected the findings of a tribunal that he was trusted by Provos and helped members get their hands on false passports

Disgraced former garda sergeant Finbarr Hickey spent a year behind bars when convicted of signing counterfeit passports that helped IRA figures go on the run.

Retired garda sergeant Leo Colton was trusted by Provos and helped members get false passports, the Smithwick Tribunal found.

A bishop has invited the gay and lesbian community to get involved in a process that will shape his church’s stance on sexuality.

A major restoration project on the country’s largest pipe organ — described as the “heartbeat” of the rich choral tradition of a landmark Cork cathedral — has been completed.

One of Cork’s best known schools is to undergo a €6.5m redevelopment.

Ardscoil Rís’ Conor Glynn is tackled by Midleton College’s Andrew Colton.

A youthful thief who rocketed to international notoriety as the “Barefoot Bandit” while he evaded police during a two-year crime spree has been sentenced to more than seven years in state prison after pleading guilty to dozens of charges.

Axed X Factor star Craig Colton today blamed his exit on a poor song choice.

Craig Colton left the X Factor after going head to head with Amelia Lily in the sing-off.

THREE former gardaí suspected of possible collusion with the IRA have firmly rejected claims that they passed on information which led to the murder of two senior RUC officers in March 1989.

TEENAGER Conor Murphy was the hero for Bray as his dramatic last-minute goal got them back on the winning track after a tense clash at the Carlisle Grounds last night.

THE emergency services who saved six of the 12 passengers of last Thursday’s fateful Manx2 flight, were given a spontaneous round of applause as they attended a Mass in memory of the victims yesterday.

THE man controversially voted onto a VEC board in place of a Church of Ireland representative has decided not to take up the job.

CHURCH of Ireland Bishop of Cork Paul Colton has called for a review of the legislation governing the setting up of VECs after a controversial vote saw a Church of Ireland nominee dumped off the Cork VEC committee.

A US teenager who allegedly stole cars, boats and planes to dodge US law enforcement for two years was finally captured today in the Bahamas, bringing an end to exploits that made the “Barefoot Bandit” a folk hero.

YOU know the chat is going to be lively when the Bishop of Cork responds to an apology for being early with a mischievous retort.

THE time has come to look at the place of religion in Irish society and the Constitution, according to the Church of Ireland Bishop of Cork.

THE role of religion in schools has only become a subject of public debate because it is now an issue for Catholic schools, a Church of Ireland bishop has claimed.

THE recent pronouncements by Archbishop Neill and Bishop Colton regarding the level of State subvention to Protestant schools give a rare example of the Church of Ireland sticking its head above the level of the defensive parapet, which has been rigidly in place since 1922.

A Church of Ireland Bishop has told his followers on Twitter that he received sectarian letters over the controversy surrounding the withdrawal of funding for Protestant schools.

A LEADING Protestant Bishop has accused the Education Minister of making Ireland a hostile place for the children of the Protestant minority.

A Church of Ireland bishop claimed today that private school funding cuts were making the Irish Republic a hostile place for Protestant children.

A €2 MILLION training centre for people involved in pastoral work and care of the elderly is to be built in Cork.