The Archbishop of Dublin has described the newly canonised popes John XXIII and John Paul II as men “who in their day to day ordinary lives try heroically to live the Christian life”.

Relics of the two popes to be canonised tomorrow are to be installed during the St Peter’s ceremony in Tralee’s Dominican priory.

I am writing in reply to Andrew Fagan (March 18), one of the 69 salaried lay officials of the Catholic Archbishop of Dublin, who seeks to reprimand and silence me for writing about the departure of Ian Elliott from the National Board for Safeguarding Children in the Catholic Church (NBSCCC).

Haiti’s president performed a duet with Spanish crooner Julio Iglesias in a celebrity-studded concert in the Dominican Republic to help raise money for impoverished children.

At least 16 youngsters were killed and 32 injured when their bus plunged into a 400ft ravine north of Bolivia’s capital La Paz on the way to a school sports event.

A rapidly strengthening Hurricane Irene is heading towards the Bahamas and threatening to become a monster storm.

A TEAM of archeology students from around the world are working together to reveal the secrets of Trim in Co Meath on what was once wasteland used for illegal dumping.

SUPPORTERS of sex abuse survivors have expressed concern that a former Catholic priest convicted of molesting nine children is living within five minutes’ walk of a school.

A judicial panel said Dominicans are free to name their kids Dummy Ruiz, Dear Pineapple and other unusual monikers if they choose.

Thousands of Haitians sought shelter in schools as the death toll from Tropical Storm Noel rose to 143 across the Caribbean.

The death toll from Tropical storm Noel rose to 81 today as it headed for the Bahamas amid fears it may reach hurricane force.

Tropical Storm Noel triggered mudslides and floods in the Dominican Republic and Haiti, pushing the region’s death toll to 81 and forcing some parents to choose which of their children to save from the surging waters.

Thousands of police and soldiers were deployed across the Dominican Republic yesterday to crack down on crimes ranging from drunk driving to gun violence.

CORK’S city manager has moved to diffuse the controversy over a €1 city centre property deal ahead of a crucial vote tonight.

Spanish researchers say they have resolved a century-old mystery surrounding Christopher Columbus’s burial place, which both Spain and the Dominican Republic claim. Their verdict: Spain has the right bones.

A religious order tonight admitted that it failed to notify the Gardaí about abuse allegations against a priest who carried out a “reign of terror” in Newbridge College.

Heavy rains threaten the waterlogged southern border of Haiti and Dominican Republic even as rescue workers rush to collect decomposing bodies and reach villagers cut off days ago when torrents and mudslides buried entire communities.

Tropical Storm Odette crept over the Dominican Republic and out to the open Atlantic today after unleashing torrential rains that prompted thousands to flee their homes and left at least two dead.

A small plane has crashed in the Dominican Republic, killing at least seven people.