There were certainly notable missteps, but he gave Irish women a much-needed voice

Cantillon: More hotel rooms and softening rates as Chinese and Russian visitors on rise

Five-star hotel has added new bedrooms and expanded its atrium

Diocese confirms gardaí were informed and person concerned was offered support

Late bishop admitted to one of the allegations, two other women given compensation

Late Salvadoran archbishop is to be canonised by Pope Francis on Sunday

Mass-goers in Dublin and Cork on their relationship with God, Catholicism and the Pope

News review of the year: Border issues, the Garda whistleblower scandal, property prices, the Paradise Papers, Storm Ophelia and the Rescue 116 tragedy were some of the big stories of 2017

Issue of priests having children is ongoing says Coping International founder

Cleric murdered by El Salvador’s state forces was born 100 years ago today

Romancing the reputations of public figures does a disservice to those they let down

Former Bishop of Kerry was a highly compartmentalised man in his 1970s heyday

He faithfully articulated Church teaching, including on sex, even if – with regards to the latter – he did so with lesser zeal than some contemporaries

Former bishop’s good works remembered before burial in Galway cathedral crypt

Bishop John Kirby recalls the ‘dynamic’ man he came to know

State papers 1986: Government under pressure over proposed ban on South African produce as Dunnes Stores strike continued

Hurricane Charlie, Knock airport, Chernobyl and Maradona’s ‘Hand of God’