One of Europe’s largest travelling fun fairs threw open its doors for free yesterday and gave exclusive access to more than 1,000 very special people.

ONE of the top IRA prisoners in the Maze during the hunger strike wanted John Hume to act as an intermediary to end the protest, state papers have revealed.

Archbishop Dermot Clifford said he was profoundly sorry for the failings in Cloyne.

A TEENAGE girl who alleges that she was abused by Fr Ronat said he claimed the Holy Spirit was descending upon her as he touched her body.

Justice Minister Alan Shatter has said stricter laws are needed to protect children, following the final chapter of a report into the Catholic Church’s mishandling of allegations of clerical child sex abuse.

A cleric asked to examine abuse allegations against a fellow priest suggested a teenage victim was to blame, a previously unpublished section of the Cloyne Report has revealed.

Serious failures in the handling of child sex abuse allegations against a priest in the Diocese of Cloyne are expected to be highlighted in an official report today.

Serious failures in the handling of child sex abuse allegations against a priest in the Diocese of Cloyne are expected to be published tomorrow.

Refusing to acknowledge the progress made by Church in hnadling abuse claims does a disservice to its watchdog, writes, Micheal Kelly

Six separate reports on child protection measures in Catholic dioceses in Ireland will be published today.

Six separate reports on child protection measures in Catholic dioceses in Ireland will be published tomorrow.

PRIESTS in the Cloyne Diocese are to meet again to discuss the fall-out from child clerical sex abuse once the official report is published, it has emerged.

ALL-IRELAND primate Cardinal Sean Brady has welcomed the Vatican’s response and claimed it conveyed profound abhorrence for the abuse, and sorrow and shame for victims’ sufferings.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has said he did not regret his unprecedented attack on the Vatican after it rejected his claims that it tried to frustrate an inquiry into clerical child abuse.

The Vatican has flatly rejected damning claims by Taoiseach Enda Kenny that it tried to frustrate an inquiry into clerical child abuse, insisting the allegations are unfounded.

All-Ireland primate Cardinal Sean Brady has welcomed the Vatican's response to the Cloyne Report and claimed it conveyed "profound abhorrence" for the abuse.

The Vatican has formally responded to the findings of the Cloyne report and to criticism levelled against it by the Government in the wake of its publication.

It has emerged the Government has received an official response from the Vatican in relation to the Cloyne report.

It is expected the Vatican will give its formal response to the Cloyne report early next week.

CARDINAL Seán Brady has strongly defended the seal of confession and reiterated the Church’s opposition to abortion and euthanasia.

A COUNSELLING centre in Cork has confirmed that a priest, against whom seven allegations of sexual abuse have been lodged, worked as a volunteer with them in the early 1990s.

IS there not a sense of “here we go again” about the late and inadequate apology of Archbishop John Magee?

The Chief Executive of One in Four Maeve Lewis has said she believes the former Bishop of Cloyne does not understand the gravity of what happened in his diocese.

A leading campaigner for victims of clerical child abuse, Andrew Madden, has called on the former Bishop of Cloyne, John Magee, to fully explain his inaction against paedophile priests.

Former Bishop of Cloyne John Magee has asked for forgiveness for failing to protect children and investigate paedophile priests.

Retired Bishop of Cloyne John Magee has appealed for privacy after further calls were made on him to respond to criticism of him in the Cloyne report.

THE house belonging to the parish of Mitchelstown, Co Cork, where former bishop of Cloyne Dr John Magee was spotted last week, was deserted yesterday, and his whereabouts are once again unknown.

The former Bishop of the Cloyne diocese, who was criticised in last month's report into the mis-handling of abuse cases last month, has returned to Ireland.

CATHOLIC priests have downplayed the possibility of parish hall meetings to discuss the fallout from the Cloyne Report into clerical child sex abuse, claiming it is simply a proposal.

THE detective responsible for exposing the horrific sex abuse in the diocese of Raphoe in Donegal has said the lid is set to explode on the entire affair.

PRIESTS in the Diocese of Cloyne have yet officially to discuss reaction to the Cloyne Report, two months after it was published.

A PICTURE of Bishop John Magee has been removed from a church in Co Cork as parishioners there found it upsetting in the wake of the Cloyne report.

A REBEL union of Catholic priests has described Taoiseach Enda Kenny’s historic Dáil speech as being steeped in “dignity”, “strength” and clear on what needs to be done.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny today launched an unprecedented attack on the Vatican, accusing Catholic hierarchy of putting the preservation of the church's reputation ahead of child rape victims.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has told the Dáil that the Cloyne Report on clerical sex abuse "excavates the dysfunction, the disconnection, the elitism that dominates the Vatican today".

BISHOP John Magee’s bid to cover the cost of child abuse claims was bolstered by two controversial takeover deals for local radio services in the county.

VICTIMS of clerical sex abuse in Cloyne have said Bishop John Magee and Monsignor Denis O’Callaghan should be stripped of their titles by the Vatican.

MASS-GOERS should boycott church collections tomorrow, according to a priest who left the Diocese of Cloyne 12 years ago over his disgust at the covering-up of sex abuse.

Minister for Children Frances Fitzgerald announced yesterday that the Government plans to make it mandatory for everybody, including priests, to pass on details of suspected child abuse to the authorities.

THE sacrament of Confession will not be exempt from rules on mandatory reporting of child abuse, Children’s Minister Frances Fitzgerald has vehemently insisted.

Children’s Minister Frances Fitzgerald has vehemently ruled out exempting the Catholic sacrament of confession from long-awaited rules on mandatory reporting of child abuse.

THE cleric condemned for his failure to implement child protection guidelines in the beleaguered Diocese of Cloyne queried how he had failed the victims when asked if he accepted he had let them down.

THERE was a somewhat low-key reaction among the international press to the publication of the Cloyne report into child sex abuse.

In 2008, Bishop John Magee and his cohort asserted their commitment to child protection. After the release of the Cloyne report, his words seem insincere, writes Claire O’Sullivan