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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.

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.

The maritime heritage of Cork was celebrated yesterday when two majestic yachts sailed into view, one a sleek silhouette of modern motor cruising, the other an ode to a bygone era when ships had masts and rigging and relied on wind for speed.

TWO top Munster bars, one in Cork City’s suburbs, the other in East Cork, have come up for sale for a receiver, with best bids sought by the end of July.

CANCEL all other engagements. It’s Culture Night 2013, and it’s countrywide. Tonight, art and culture centres and organisations will open their doors until late, for free access to collections, workshops and events. Open your senses to new experiences, sounds, and ideas, and enlarge your awareness of our rich heritage.

A boy and a girl from Co Cork will have the honour of being the first Irish people to be confirmed by Pope Francis in a ceremony to be held in St Peter’s Square, Rome, next Sunday.

In his first address to his diocese, the new Bishop of Cloyne threw down the gauntlet to the banks, warning they need to “do more of the heavy lifting” as the financial crisis is crushing ordinary people.

The new Bishop of Cloyne has been ordained at St Colmans Cathedral in Cobh today.

Bishop John Magee will not attend the ordination of his successor at Cobh Cathedral this weekend “in case he becomes a distraction”, according to the diocese of Cloyne.

The Pope’s representative in Ireland, Charles Brown, will be the principal ordaining bishop later this month at the ordination of Canon William Crean as bishop of Cloyne.

NUNS in Cobh, Co Cork, are currently enjoying their 15 minutes of fame as part of a new documentary.

AFTER nearly 10 years in the dark, the magnificent Cobh Cathedral is to be illuminated again — at a fraction of the previous cost.

Former Bishop of Cloyne John Magee has asked for forgiveness for failing to protect children and investigate paedophile priests.

Conservationist John Hegarty has helped revamp a Georgian building on Sunday’s Well, Cork, writes Rose Martin.

A prominent priest has said Irish society is "morally bankrupt".

DIRECTLY across the road from the impressive stone church in west Cork’s Clonakilty town, this sizeable Western Road corner house also dates from the same 1880s period.

The Bishop of Cloyne has confirmed publicly this evening that he is effectively stepping aside.

WINDSOR Court was a farmyard — now it’s a pretty little enclave of four dwellings in a rural location at Glounthaune, Cork.

CHILDREN left a unique concert yesterday with the sound of music literally ringing in their ears.

TWO friends of murdered teenager Sheola Keaney bravely expressed what so many of her friends and relatives were feeling as they sat at her funeral Mass yesterday.

MORE than 500 family friends and work colleagues gathered together in silent mourning last night to escort the body of murdered teenager Sheola Keaney to Cobh Cathedral ahead of her burial this afternoon.

The killer of Cobh woman Sheola Keaney concealed her remains under scrap metal, it was confirmed today.

DANNY PATE, a former world under-23 time trial champion and member of the US TIAA-CREF team, inflicted what could prove to be irreparable damage on the peleton when he sprinted up the hill to Cobh Cathedral to win the second stage in this year’s FBD Insurance RAS and claim the raceleader’s yellow jersey.

DEFENDING champion, Chris Newton (Recycling.co.uk), pipped former winner, Tommy Evans (IRC Usher Insulations) in the first stage of this year’s FBD Insurance Rás from Tallaght to Enniscorthy yesterday.

WHILE the focus has been on the introduction of a team time trial and a gruelling final stage to replace the traditional circuit finish, this year’s FBD Insurance Rás will also include some old, familiar obstacles as the eight-day showpiece returns to Kerry.