Technology is taking over young people’s lives and contributing to the disintegration of the family unit, a respected Capuchin Brother from Cork has warned.

Foyle Search and Rescue was set up in 1993 by local people in Derry in response to the high number of drownings in the River Foyle.

For one section of Ireland the Papal visit was their chance to come together and affirm what they believe in, notwithstanding the wrongs done to so many, writes Michael Clifford in Phoenix Park

The Tuam Home Survivors Network has savaged the appeal to the Pope by Children's Minister Katherine Zappone for funds for the Mother and Baby Home site, calling it "nothing more than a publicity stunt".

A majority of Irish people say that the Pope did not go far enough when he addressed clerical abuse during his Irish visit.

An association representing enlisted soldiers in the army has expressed its concern that troops were exposed to disused hypodermic needles while they were safeguarding Pope Francis at the Phoenix Park.

The Primate of All Ireland has said the ultimate proof of the Pope’s success in his visit to Ireland will be whether “decisive” action is taken to increase accountability over clerical child sex abuse.

The Church must accept responsibility and make reparation for its part in mother and baby homes which were a very shameful chapter of Irish history, Minister for Children Katherine Zappone told the Pope.

“Magdalene laundries, mother and baby homes, industrial schools, illegal adoptions, and clerical child abuse are stains on our State, our society, and also the Catholic Church. Wounds are still open and there is much to be done to bring about justice and truth and healing for victims and survivors,” said Leo Varadkar.

Francis is criticised as both too open to change and not being open enough, writes Dan Buckley

I am delighted that in the end, we have found the culprit for all the abuse of children and women that has occurred in our country.

Leo Varadkar’s speech on Saturday was a powerful affirmation of what a modern Ireland must look like, says Fergus Finlay.

Minister Katherine Zappone has shared what she said to Pope Francis when she met him outside Áras an Uachtaran on Saturday.

What everyone really wanted though was for Francis to arrive, and when he did, a roar went up as a giant TV screen showed him stepping on board the Pope Mobile.

It is estimated that around 200,000 people turned out at the Phoenix Park yesterday for the Papal Mass.

The Pope is to study a report into the Tuam mother and baby home given to him on his Irish visit.

It was all a bit last-minute but Pope Francis had something important to do before saying Mass in the Phoenix Park. He had to go to confession.

The Pope has asked for forgiveness for the crimes of Church figures in Ireland as he laid bare a litany of abuse and mistreatment meted out to victims.

The Pope has paid tribute to the dignity of the homeless as he kissed a baby at a day centre in Dublin.

A former top Vatican official has accused Pope Francis of having known of allegations of sex abuse by a prominent US cardinal for five years before accepting his resignation last month and he called on the pontiff to resign.

Pope Francis appeared to be unaware of the details of abuse suffered by many Irish victims at the hands of Catholic clerics, according to one of the survivors who met him in Dublin on Saturday.

In Mayo, they’re still praying for a miracle — or, at least, the end of a curse.

Sometimes sorry is simply not enough.

A large crowd has gathered for a silent vigil in Co Galway to coincide with the Papal mass in Dublin.

Pope Francis has boarded his flight home to Rome after a world wind two-day visit to our shores.

A solidarity march for victims of clerical abuse will take place today to coincide with Pope Francis' Mass in Dublin's Phoenix Park.

Catholics in Northern Ireland were left disappointed when the details of the Pope’s visit revealed he was not going to travel north.

Francis flew to the west of Ireland to visit the holy shrine of Knock.

Francis said the crimes committed by members of the church had left an ‘open wound’.

A manager at the shrine explains the meaning behind the pilgrimage site.

Pope Francis has warned people of the threat social media poses to relationships.

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The last time a pope was in Ireland, Vincent Gamble, 77, was helping out as a steward in the Phoenix Park while his wife, Teresa, 75, was at home expecting the couple's fifth child, a little girl who was born a week later.

Prominent campaigner Colm O'Gorman has said the Pope's comments on the failure of the church to tackle clerical abuse in Ireland was a "shameful deflection of responsibility".

Pope Francis has begun his historic two-day visit to Ireland.

The tree-planting tradition dates back to Queen Victoria, who planted the first official tree on the grounds in the mid-1800s.

Survivors of clerical sex abuse and their supporters have gathered outside Dublin Castle where Pope Francis has been meeting politicians and other representatives of civil society.

As Pope Francis arrives in Ireland, capture all the sights and sounds of the visit here.

A major security operation swings into action today as Pope Francis arrives in

Why is the Pope visiting Ireland?

It’s all systems go at the Number One Marian Shrine in Ireland.

Campaigner and abuse survivor Marie Collins has called on Pope Francis to face down the senior clerics in the Vatican who are resisting change in the Catholic Church’s response to perpetrators and their victims.

Bishop of Waterford and Lismore Alphonsus Cullinan has said scripture teaches that “the majority is always wrong”.

Clerical abuse victims have called for a zero-tolerance approach to be taken against priests involved in the child abuse scandals.