Pope accepts resignation of Limerick bishop criticized in child sex abuse scandal in Ireland
Irish bishop resigns after sex abuse scandal Pope say he will write to Catholics of Ireland on church response to clerical sex abuse
Pope will write letter to Irish Catholics on abuse 3 pregnant Irish women challenge Ireland’s abortion ban at European Court of Human Rights
3 women challenge Irish abortion ban in Euro court Head of Irish Catholics to meet pope to after report finds bishops covered up priests’ abuse
Irish Catholic chief, pope to discuss abuse report Ireland’s Liam Clancy, last of the 1960s folk revivalist Clancy Brothers, dies in Cork aged 74
Irish folk pioneer Liam Clancy dies in Cork at 74 Major Irish order of Catholic nuns offers euro128 million in reparations to child abuse victims
Irish nuns offer euro128M for permitting child abuse Major Irish order of Catholic nuns offers €128 million in reparations to child abuse victims
Irish nuns offer €128M for permitting child abuse Experts: Dublin bishops covered up Catholic child abuse for decades, shielded priests from law
Experts: Bishops covered up priests’ child abuse Taleo seeks to raise $132 million in public offering of 6.5 million shares
Taleo to raise $132 million in offering DUBLIN, Calif. — Recruitment agency Taleo Corp. said Friday a public stock offering could raise up to $131.6 million. Freed Irish priest says Filipino captors treated him well, dragged him from sea to jungle
Freed priest says Filipino captors wanted money Irish priest freed from monthlong captivity in Philippines; governments say no ransom paid
Irish priest freed in Philippines after a month Irish Catholic priest abducted Oct. 11 in Philippines is free; governments say no ransom paid
Irish priest freed in Philippines after 31 days Ireland says Catholic priest abducted 31 days ago in Philippines is free, no Irish ransom paid
Ireland: Kidnapped priest freed in Philippines IRA suspect charged with 1977 murder of undercover British Army intelligence officer
IRA suspect charged with ‘77 murder of British spy Cardinal Health takes loss on CareFusion spinoff costs, but adjusted results beat estimates
Cardinal Health posts 1Q loss on spinoff expenses Small number of IRA veterans aiding dissidents in Northern Ireland attacks, report says
IRA veterans aid NIreland dissidents, report says Experts: IRA dissidents pose threat to N.Ireland, small number of IRA veterans aiding attacks
Report: IRA dissidents pose threat to N.Ireland Experts: ‘Small number’ of IRA veterans aiding dissidents in plotting Northern Ireland attacks
Experts: Few IRA veterans aid NIreland dissidents Irish Supreme Court rules Dublin golf club can keep barring women from membership
Irish Supreme Court upholds men-only golf club Happy birthday, world traveler: At 1, this baby’s practically a frequent flier
Dad to baby: Happy 1st birthday, world traveler Remains of 1,000 people recovered from one of Ireland’s largest medieval cemeteriesDUBLIN - The skeletal remains of more than a thousand people have been recovered from what experts believe was one of Ireland’s largest medieval cemeteries. Irish aid worker says Darfur kidnappers terrorized her, Ugandan friend with ‘mock’ executionsDUBLIN — A freed Irish aid worker held captive for three months in Darfur said Monday that her captors terrorized her and a Ugandan friend by repeatedly staging their mock executions using live gunfire. Ireland’s parliament speaker defiant as he’s forced from office over lavish expenses, travelDUBLIN — The speaker of Ireland’s parliament resigned Tuesday after his years of lavish expenses and foreign travel were exposed. Clinton: Extremists growing threat in Pakistan, no threat now to country’s nuclear arsenalClinton downplays threat to Pakistan nuke arsenal IRA breakaway Irish National Liberation Army says it’s renouncing violence, may disarm soonDUBLIN — The Irish National Liberation Army, an IRA splinter group responsible for some of the most notorious killings of the Northern Ireland conflict, renounced violence Sunday and signaled it could hand over weapons soon to disarmament officials. IRA splinter group Irish National Liberation Army says it’s renouncing violence, will disarmDUBLIN — The Irish National Liberation Army, an IRA splinter group responsible for some of the most notorious killings of the Northern Ireland conflict, said Sunday it is formally renouncing violence and plans to hand over weapons to disarmament officials. Ireland’s Green Party votes to stay in government, back ‘bad bank’ plans and emergency budgetDUBLIN — Members of Ireland’s environmentalist Green Party voted overwhelmingly on Saturday to stay in Prime Minister Brian Cowen’s coalition government as it battles a runaway deficit, surging unemployment and crippled banks. Green Party votes on whether to stay in Irish government; rejection would mean early electionDUBLIN — Several hundred members of Ireland’s environmentalist Green Party voted Saturday on whether to stay in Prime Minister Brian Cowen’s coalition government or trigger an early election in a country reeling from rising debt and unemployment. Ireland’s 2 government parties strike new agreement to avoid collapse, but face immediate testDUBLIN — The two parties in Ireland’s coalition government announced a hard-fought agreement on policies Friday night following more than a week of negotiations — but the deal faces an immediate test that, if it fails, could trigger the government’s collapse. Dissident IRA gunmen fire volley over comrade’s coffin in Northern Ireland act of defianceDUBLIN — Three masked Irish Republican Army dissidents fired a volley of gunfire over a dead comrade’s coffin Thursday in the most public display of paramilitary defiance Northern Ireland has seen in years. |