IT was to be a palace fit for a former bishop, but now Bracken Lodge, just outside Wexford town, is on the market and the Diocese of Ferns stands to make a €30,000 profit on its sale.

AN inquiry set up to investigate clerical sexual abuse in a Wexford diocese is to examine an approach made to a victim by a representative of the Bishop’s office on Tuesday.

TWO men who were sexually abused as children by one of the country’s most notorious paedophile priests have received out of court settlements within the past two years, the Diocese of Ferns has confirmed.