A Dublin priest has been chosen by Pope Benedict to become one of the Vatican's most senior media advisors, the Catholic Church revealed today.

European Union chiefs were today urged to put pressure on Sinn Féin to disband the IRA Army Council.

WITH the chill autumn winds blowing around the street corners of Brussels there is a sense that the EU is unravelling at the edges.

WITH the chill autumn winds blowing around the street corners of Brussels, there is a sense that the European Union is unravelling at the edges.

THE so-called ‘dwarfs’ of the EU flexed their muscles at the Athens summit yesterday and insisted their opposition to a permanent and single EU president must be heeded.