FINALLY, after spending millennia defending their work from claims it has next to no relevance to daily life, applied mathematicians have found a fool-proof equation to support their profession.

THE drip-feeding of disclosures needs to stop and a national inquiry launched, campaigners said last night after another Irish bishop apologised for failing to deal properly with abuse allegations against a priest.

The drip-feeding of disclosures needs to stop and a national inquiry launched, campaigners said tonight after another Irish bishop apologised for failing to deal properly with abuse allegations against a priest.

The Bishop of Waterford and Lismore has apologised for how he dealt with child abuse allegations in the mid-1990's.

The retired Bishop of Waterford and Lismore Michael Russell has died aged 80 years, the Catholic Church said today.

TEN-YEAR-OLD Cian O’Regan nestled close to his granny and granddad last night, and sat inches away from his parents’ coffins and a tiny white casket containing the remains of his 21-month-old sister.

A TOP GAA official is warning that the growth in alcohol consumption and substance abuse amongst young people could have serious consequences for clubs and even for the games themselves.

PARISHES around Waterford are being forced into dividing out Masses across the diocese among the declining number of priests.

The Bishop of Waterford has expressed his regret for the way in which the church has handled child sexual abuse cases in Ireland.