The chief justice has called for a radical overhauling of the way in which judges are appointed, warning that “political allegiance should have no bearing on appointments.”

A plea bargaining system would help courts to tackle corporate misbehaviour, says Seán Ó Conaill

I MUST object in the strongest terms possible to what can only be described as your vile desecration of the 1916 proclamation of independence (November 19).

THE Bishop of Raphoe, Philip Boyce, has dismissed claims that his diocese has child protection concerns despite claims by a Catholic lay organisation that “a widespread culture of covering up abuse” still existed in some areas.

THE vast majority of Irish Catholics disagree with church leaders on the use of condoms, according to an international study.

CONTRARY to Patrick Geaney’s letter (Irish Examiner, April 27), neither the document Crimen Sollicitationis of 1962 nor Cardinal Ratzinger’s letter of May 2001 give any permit to Catholic bishops to conceal criminal acts of child abuse from the civil authorities.