THE Taoiseach yesterday moved to clarify comments he made about the Catholic Church that were interpreted by opposition parties and victims’ organisations as a failure on his part to absorb the serious nature of the findings of the Ferns Report.

PROCEDURES for dealing with badly performing teachers must be updated urgently, primary school managers have warned.

RULES for interviewing primary school job applicants may be reviewed after a record award to a female teacher for gender discrimination by her school.