The Diocese of Cloyne has upheld the decision by one of its priests to remove one of its parishioners from the reading rota due to his stance on abortion.

A general election candidate, who was told by his parish priest that he could no longer read at Mass due to his stance on abortion, will meet his bishop and parish priest tomorrow.

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The Bishop of Cloyne, Canon William Crean, will meet with Cork Social Democrats member Ken Curtin today after he was removed from Cobh’s rota of Church readers due to his stance on abortion.

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A Social Democrat candidate in the last general election is seeking a meeting with the Bishop of Cloyne after he was dropped from reading at Mass because of his support for repealing abortion laws and his political affiliations.

An activist for the Social Democrats in Cork has claimed that he has been taken from the roster of readers at Cobh Cathedral because of his party's stance on repealing the Eighth.

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Question: Can you briefly set out what legislation you, in government, would put forward to address the ongoing housing crisis and in particular the issues of homelessness, rising rents and the inability to get started on the housing ladder.

Question: Welfare reform has been highlighted as a priority issue for them. Can you set out your own parties thinking on the need, if any, for reform of the welfare system and to what end?

Many students in Trinity seem to approve of the Social Democrats, and it’s not all that hard to see why.

Two election candidates in Cork East have clashed over alleged malicious text messages, with one councillor claiming a Social Democrats (SD) contender implied he had been the source of the sinister communications.

Gardaí are investigating a series of "threatening or intimidating" messages sent to at least one General Election candidate in the Cork East constituency.

Averil Power says she tried to make changes from within but Fianna Fáil hasn’t changed and has no intention of doing so

A long-standing Fianna Fáil grassroots member who led its Cork same- sex marriage referendum campaign has resigned from the party after accusing TDs and Senators of failing to properly back the campaign.

IT is almost inevitable that Fianna Fáil would, sooner or later, reach a do-or-die crossroads after the party’s unprecedented election defeat in 2011.

Cork Fianna Fáil activist, Ken Curtin, has announced he is resigning from the party.

Twitter users took to the platform not only to make fun of public officials, but also to express relief at tax cuts, ire at the reintroduction of Christmas bonuses for those on social welfare, and to ask what a Knowledge Development Box was.