However, if the church choose a like-minded successor, real reform may be possible, writes historian Dr Mary McAuliffe.

SEVERAL PEOPLE WERE killed as a driver plowed into a crowd at a street festival last night in the Canadian city of Vancouver, ...

AT LEAST 18 people have died and 750 others were injured after a massive explosion and fire rocked a port in southern Iran.

FATHER TED CO-CREATOR Graham Linehan has been charged with harassment and criminal damage. The Irish comedy writer, 56, wrote on social media that the allegations were related to an incident at the ...

The small group of transgender people live with a community of nuns that is supported by a Bishop who had a role in ...

A MAN HAS died after collapsing while climbing Errigal Mountain in Co Donegal today. The man, who was in his late 40s, took ...

AN ANTI-IMMIGRATION protest and a counter-protest have gathered numbers on the streets of Dublin city centre. Anti-migrant ...

CRYSTAL PALACE REACHED the FA Cup final for the first time in nine years as Ismaïla Sarr’s double and a rocket from Eberechi ...

At approximately 6am this morning, gardaí located a bag and its contents during a search and the jewellery was recovered.

NEXT WEEK IS forecast to bring dry weather and sunny spells after a lapse in the recent good weather.

The win gives Dublin a great chance of at least a top-three finish to advance to the All-Ireland series. They will head to ...

OVER 200,000 PEOPLE attended Pope Francis’s funeral at St Peter’s Basilica ahead of a private burial, with a further 50,000 ...