Church leaders asked to make significant contributions to a compensation scheme

Government aim in complex talks is to move quickly and avoid mistakes of past

Legal threat adding to pressure to bring in regulations to implement abortion services

Parishes encouraged to continue broadcasting services online, Archbishop says

Irish Church Missions rejects assertion it was ‘prominent in the running’ of Bethany home

Women and children ‘stigmatised’ and ‘endangered’ by ‘culture of hypocrisy and judgment’

Children, elderly and migrants must be a focus as we plot a more compassionate society

Centenary ‘opens up opportunities for greater understanding’, says joint statement

John McDowell: ‘Safety is important but it’s not everything in such circumstances’

Ceremony held in Cork to mark the 150th anniversary of consecration of cathedral

Ordination of women priests and bishops was approved by General Synod in May 1990

Church leaders ask ‘on what foundations does our democracy stand?’ if Bill is passed

Presbyterian Moderator ‘deeply disappointed at Dáil vote on Dying with Dignity Bill’

Leaders welcome commitments to protect the Belfast Agreement

Ireland’s four main church leaders issue the call as they endorse wearing of face coverings

Funeral takes place in cathedral that was a haven for Hume near the end of his life

‘Death of one of our greatest sons’, says Catholic Primate Archbishop Eamon Martin

It may seem strange as I take up office as Church of Ireland Primate that I speak of politics and society rather than ‘religion’

No public holy week or Easter ceremonies in cathedrals or churches due to coronavirus

Dr Richard Clarke served as a bishop in the Church of Ireland for 23 years