THE Vatican is “very, very concerned about any sort of non-compliance of the Church with civil law,” according to one of its archbishops, who travelled to Ireland to ordain a priest yesterday.

IRELAND’S four most senior churchmen have been called to Rome to discuss final preparation for a Vatican investigation of the Church in Ireland due to get under way later this month.

A RETIRED Limerick-born priest who ministered to murderers on death row in the US last night recalled his “worst nightmare” encounter with criminals.

More than 650 young Christians from all over Europe will take part in the first Redemptorist Youth Congress in Ireland later today.

A JURY returned an open verdict yesterday following an inquest into the death of an ambulance driver who was killed after a road accident while transferring a patient to hospital last year.