The country’s Catholic hierarchy faced further damage tonight after an under-fire Bishop clashed with a colleague over a sickening child abuse scandal.

Garry O’Sullivan argues that, to have a credible long-term future, the Irish Catholic Church needs radical surgery

Pope Benedict today accepted the resignation of a under-fire Bishop of Limerick Dr Donal Murray over his “inexcusable” mishandling of a child sex abuse case.

Archbishop Diarmuid Martin tonight said he hoped justice had been served after a paedophile priest named in a damning State inquiry was jailed for sexually assaulting an altar boy.

The Council of Priests of Dublin's Catholic Archdiocese will meet tomorrow for the first time since the publication of the Murphy report.