Pope to Meet with Victims of Sexual Abuse in Ireland This Week

Pope to Meet with Victims of Sexual Abuse in Ireland This Week

Pope Francis will meet clerical sex abuse victims when he visits Ireland this weekend, the Vatican confirmed. He is due to arrive in Dublin on Saturday for two days of meetings with families and political authorities as well as a...
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Record Breaking Numbers Expected for World Meeting of Families

Record Breaking Numbers Expected for World Meeting of Families

Record-breaking numbers will descend on Dublin for the World Meeting of Families (WMOF) taking place this week. Over 37,000 people from 116 different countries are expected to attend the Royal Dublin Society (RDS) for a series of events as part...
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Pope Francis Issues Letter Condemning Clerical Sexual Abuse

Pope Francis Issues Letter Condemning Clerical Sexual Abuse

Pope Francis has issued a letter to Catholics around the world condemning the “crime” of sexual abuse by priests and subsequent cover-ups. Francis demanded accountability in response to new revelations in the United States of decades of misconduct ...
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Journalist Gemma O’Doherty Announces Run for Presidency

Journalist Gemma O’Doherty Announces Run for Presidency

Freelance has announced her intention to run for the presidency. She joins Dragon’s Den star Gavin Duffy who is already canvassing local councils to get a nomination along with Senator Joan Freeman and artist Kevin Sharkey. Galway senator Pádraig Ó...
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McAleese Hits Out at Pope over Clerical Sex Abuse Scandals

McAleese Hits Out at Pope over Clerical Sex Abuse Scandals

Former President of Ireland, Mary McAleese, has said Ireland is “long past the point of accepting words of simple sorrow” from the Pope about clerical sex abuse scandals in the country. Ms McAleese has also revealed that she has made...
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Foster Declines Invitation to Pope Francis Event in Dublin

Foster Declines Invitation to Pope Francis Event in Dublin

Arlene Foster has declined an invitation to an address by Pope Francis in Dublin later this month. The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader and former Stormont First Minister said she would be away with her family at the time. The...
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Brexit Talks on the Border to Continue in Brussels

Brexit Talks on the Border to Continue in Brussels

High-level Brexit negotiations are scheduled to take place in Brussels over the next two days. The talks are focusing on the issue of the Irish border. The EU and UK have agreed there will be no hard border, but they...
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President Higgins Calls For “Culture of Peace” on 20th Anniversary of Omagh Bombing

President Higgins Calls For “Culture of Peace” on 20th Anniversary of Omagh Bombing

The President of Ireland Michael D Higgins led calls for a “culture of peace” as Omagh marks the 20th anniversary of the worst single atrocity of the Northern Ireland conflict. Twenty-nine innocents, including a woman pregnant with twins, died when...
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Humphreys Calls on Government to Regulate Airbnb

Humphreys Calls on Government to Regulate Airbnb

There have been calls for the Government to impose regulations on Airbnb as new figures show that the hospitality company has had its busiest ever summer in Ireland. According to figures released today by Airbnb, 640,000 people are predicted to...
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Almost 2 in 5 Say They Cannot Afford Doctor’s Appointment

Almost 2 in 5 Say They Cannot Afford Doctor’s Appointment

Almost two-in-five people have been unable to afford a doctor’s appointment to check for signs of cancer. Patients could be missing out on life-saving early treatment by not visiting their GP sooner, according to a new study by the Irish...
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