AS history shows, few issues have greater potential to cause division and strife among the people of the world than the vexed question of religion.

The Church of Ireland Primate Dr Robin Eames has described statistics on alcohol abuse and young people as frightening.

New Church of Ireland Bishop of the Cashel and Ossory diocese Peter Barrett was consecrated today at Christchurch Cathedral in Dublin today.

The Church of Ireland Archbishop of Armagh Dr Robin Eames has said that Northern Ireland needs an urgent new vision of hope because of disenchantment among people who feel increasingly removed from the political process.

In a meeting in Armagh today, the leaders of Ireland’s four main churches (Dr Russell Birney, Presbyterian Church in Ireland, Dr Sean Brady, Roman Catholic Church, Dr Robin Eames, Church of Ireland and Rev Winston Graham, Methodist Church in Ireland) called for an immediate end to the street violence which has disrupted communities in Belfast in recent weeks and issued the following statement.

Members of the new Police Service of Northern Ireland have been urged never to forget the sacrifices made by the men and women of the Royal Ulster Constabulary.

The Church of Ireland Primate, Dr Robin Eames, has appealed to everyone to give the implementation plan on policing in the North a fair chance.

The funeral takes place today of the Antrim teenager, Gavin Brett, who was murdered by loyalists in Glengormley on Sunday night.

Economists have become the Irish prophets of the new millennium, according to Church of Ireland Archbishop Dr Robin Eames.

All sides in Northern Ireland were today urged by Church of Ireland Archbishop Dr Robin Eames to watch their language in the general election campaign.