Hello there Seán. It’s been a while since I wrote to you, but that’s only because, as a wounded healer, I thought you might need time to get over the […]
Mary Raftery, Journalist, Dies
Mary Raftery, investigative journalist, has died at 54. Raftery’s States of Fear documentaries exposed the violence, both emotional and physical, as well as the sexual abuse inflicted on children in the industrial […]
Was Archbishop John Charles McQuaid a Paedophile?
There was a time when Planet Ireland orbited its own smug, self-satisfied star, held on course by a mysterious force known as certainty. That was an era when Irish missionaries […]
Irish Embassy in Vatican Closed
What do the Holy See and East Timor have in common? That’s right — the Irish government doesn’t give a flying toss about either of them. Both embassies are to […]
Statement by Government of Ireland On Holy See Response to Cloyne
I can think of nothing to add to the Irish government’s statement on the Holy See’s legalistic, dishonest and self-serving comments last week. It signals clearly that the time has […]
The IF-Word. Bishop John Magee Still in Denial About Cloyne Abuse
Clergy avoiding reality
Papal Nuncio’s Diplomatic Immunity
Legate legs it
Cloyne Scandal — Bishop John Magee Apologises
Still spinning despite everything
Report by Commission of Investigation into Catholic Diocese of Cloyne
Lifting the lid a little further on failures of bishops
Abuse Survivors Refused Entry To Diarmuid Martin’s Service of Repentance in Pro-Cathedral
Police prevent disabled man and daughter of victim from entering church