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January 2011 Archives

New priest pedophile scandal set to break in Ireland

  Cork diocese now the target of new investigation By CATHY HAYESEight cases concerning a pedophile priest in County Cork accused of raping young girls have been sent back to authorities there after originally being rejected. All of the files...
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Martin the worst choice to restore FF's integrity

  Fianna Fail leader Micheal Martin faces a tough task bringing Fianna Fail back from the brink   By Bruce Arnold Saturday January 29 2011 MY order of preference, for the leadership of Fianna Fail, was as follows. First choice,...
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Former priest may face further charges, court told

TOM TUITE THE DPP is considering pressing further charges against a defrocked priest accused of possession of thousands of pornographic images of children, it was confirmed yesterday. Oliver O'Grady (65), with an address at a hostel on Charlemont Street, Dublin,...
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Victory

News Flash: January 27, 2011The North Cork 10 win a first victory against child-raping church and state in Irelandhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OPKjOBNed8&feature=feeduCork, Ireland:A handful of survivors of priestly rape and torture in Ireland, called the North Cork 10,  have forced a reluctant Irish...
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Clinical Vaccine Trials Report: Statements.

SENATE SPEECHES 15th November, 2000 Minister for Education and Science (Mr. Martin): The report of the chief medical officer of the Department of Health and Children into certain clinical trials involving residents of children's homes was laid before both Houses...
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Pensioners facing fees for passport usage

  var addthis_config = { ui_cobrand: "TCH"} Last Updated Jan 2011 IRISH pensioners in Britain expecting to travel this year are being warned to anticipate the introduction of passport fees. The fees, which will come into effect shortly following...
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Returnees suffer as civil servants block social welfare payments

Returnees suffer as civil servants block social welfare payments   var addthis_config = { ui_cobrand: "TCH"} Last Updated Jan 2011 RETURNING emigrants to Ireland are being refused social welfare payments because civil servants aren't following correct procedure. Crosscare, who...
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Controversy over vaccine trial files

By Claire O'Sullivan and Conall O'Fatharta Monday, January 24, 2011 PARTICIPANTS in controversial vaccine trials in mother-and-baby homes have been told by the Department of Health that it can't give them their medical files or any trial documentation as it...
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RTE points the finger at Rome over abuse guidelines

Independent.ie   Irish bishops fear that papal envoys will ignore Rome's role in the child abuse scandal, writes Colum Kenny The revelation is timely for Irish Catholic bishops, but 14 years too late for many people. Last week's expose on...
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Eight Cloyne clerical abuse files to be resent to DPP

By Claire O'Sullivan Friday, January 21, 2011 AT least eight files on clerical abuse in Cloyne, which were sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) and returned without prosecution, are to be resent to the DPP's office as...
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Meeting of ACP members with Cardinal Murphy O'Connor, January 13th 2011, in Dromantine Retreat Centre

  Frs. Seán McDonagh, Gerard Alwill and Seán McCartan met with Cardinal Murphy-O'Connor,  Professor Shiela Hollings and Mgr Mark O'Toole at Dromantine at about 11.15 a.m on January 13th 2011. Unfortunately, Fr. Malachy Conlon could not attend because of...
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Bright future for industrial school with 'horrific past'

Independent PART of one of Ireland's most infamous industrial schools will be transformed into a local sports facility for children. A portion of the notorious Daingean Reformatory in Co Offaly(left), a complex synonymous with the abuse of children, will...
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Would You Believe

The message is ready to be sent with the following file or link attachments:Shortcut to: http://www.rte.ie/tv/wouldyoubelieve/  ...
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Rome told bishops not to report abuse

By Lynne Kelleher and Stephen Rogers Monday, January 17, 2011 A LETTER sent to Irish bishops in 1997 shows that the Vatican secretly blocked attempts to report paedophile priests to gardaí. In the letter, the bishops are urged not...
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Sex abuse victims furious at Cloyne report strategy plan

By Claire O'Sullivan Saturday, January 15, 2011 VICTIMS of clerical sex abuse in the diocese of Cloyne have expressed absolute fury at the decision to draft in a UCD psychologist to prepare priests for the public outcry once the Murphy...
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Cardinal hears of arrogance in church

  Apostolic Visitor to the Armagh diocese Cardinal Cormac Murphy OConnor arriving at a public meeting in Drogheda to address people concerned about clerical child abuse and renewal in the Catholic Church.Photograph: Matt Kavanagh     PATSY McGARRY, Religious Affairs...
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Cardinal to hold public meeting in Drogheda

  PATSY McGARRY, Religious Affairs Correspondent Tue, Jan 11, 2011 THE FORMER archbishop of Westminster Cardinal Cormac Murphy O'Connor will attend the first public meeting of his apostolic visitation to the Armagh archdiocese in Drogheda this evening. In a statement...
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Statutory Fund

Statutory Fund for Survivors of Institutional Abuse - Consultation View File Follow-Up to Ryan Report Meeting with Representatives of Survivor Groups/Former Residents - 15 April 2010 View File Statement issued by the Government on foot of meetings held with...
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Scathing report finds childcare failures at HSE

  var addthis_config = { ui_cobrand: "ThePost.ie"} 09 January 2011 By John Burke Public Affairs CorrespondentA confidential report into the handling of childcare case files by the Health Service Executive (HSE) has uncovered widespread failure to prevent files about vulnerable...
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Woods defends his deal with church on redress for abuse

  Michael Woods: got church to give €127m of likely €1.3bn total     STEVEN CARROLL FORMER MINISTER for education Dr Michael Woods has defended his role in negotiating an institutional abuse compensation deal with Catholic Church congregations, saying there...
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Archbishop of Boston to meet victims of clerical sex abuse during Irish visit

  Cardinal Seán Brady at the launch of the National Directory for Catechesis in Ireland in Dublin yesterday. Photograph: Bryan O'Brien   PAMELA DUNCAN VICTIMS OF clerical abuse in the Dublin diocese will meet the Archbishop of Boston in the...
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Church silent to insurers on abuse suspects

Irish Times Tue, Jan 04, 2011 The Tony Walsh chapter of the Murphy report casts light on how the church secured insurance cover ahead of child abuse claims, writes PATSY McGARRY Religious Affairs Correspondent THE CATHOLIC Church in Dublin did not...
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