MORNING BULLETIN: The state of the Catholic Church today; Teachers unions to pursue joint action on equal pay

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The takes an in-depth snapshot of the Catholic Church and the issues affecting it in Ireland today ahead of the Pope's visit later this year.
More than 60,000 teachers could be asked to sanction strikes in the next school year if the Government does not resolve pay inequality within the procession within weeks.
Official crime figures released by the CSO show a total of 219 sexual offences were recorded in Cork city in 2017.
A fourth-generation firefighter gave his older brother one of his kidneys after a virus left his older sibling with irreversible kidney damage.
A 17-year-old girl has died and a 16-year-old boy is fighting for his life after two shootings in London overnight.
The latest data on house prices from the CSO show a further acceleration in the rate of growth at the start of the year.
The IRFU is set to pocket a very welcome seven-figure sum as a result of Munster’s and Leinster’s Champions Cup quarter-final successes over the weekend.
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When Stephen Fry told Richard Herring about his suicide attempt, the podcast host had little idea that it would become such a big deal.
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Scotland’s first binturong cubs aren’t just cute, they also smell of hot buttered popcorn.