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by Joseph Stenson in Ireland with Joe Jackson in London Agence France Presse The Catholic Church’s Pope Francis faces calls to take tougher action against abuse as he visits Ireland this weekend — a country where multiple scandals have badly damaged the image of the church. The pontiff arrives on Saturday for his first visit to this former bastion of Catholicism, which was last visited by a pope in 1979 when Pope John Paul […]
by Joe Jackson Agence France Presse Accusations of wide-ranging abuse in Catholic institutions in Ireland, including but not limited to the sexual targeting of children by priests, date back several decades. In a sign of the scale of the issue, 14,500 people applied for compensation through an Irish government scheme for those abused at juvenile facilities run by religious groups between 1936 and 1970. As Pope Francis prepares to meet some victims during his weekend […]
A support organization for Catholic Church’s sex abuse victims in Ireland said that as many as one in four adults in the country had experienced some sort of sexual abuse, as a campaign called “Say Nope to the Pope” is planned to hold a protest event as Catholic Pope Francis visits Ireland on Saturday. Executive Director Maeve Lewis of the “One in Four” abuse survivors’ support group said that the upcoming papal visit in Ireland […]
(Eagle News) — Naiuwi na sa bansa ang mga labi ng estudyanteng Pilipina na pinaslang sa Ireland. Pasado alas otcho kagabi, Mayo 31, nang dumating ang labi ni Jastine Valdez sa Clark International Airport. Mula airport agad itong ini-uwi sa kanilang pamilya sa Aritao, Nueva Vizcaya. Una nang nadiskubre ang bangkay ni Valdez sa isang inabandonang minahan sa Puck’s Court Lane. Napag-alaman na nasawi ang biktima dahil sa pananakal ng isang lalaki na nasawi sa […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Foreign Affairs has expressed condolences to the family of Jastine Valdez, the 24-year-old Filipino student who was abducted and whose body was recently found in an old mine in Kilternan, south of Dublin, in Ireland. “We grieve with the loved ones of Jastine Valdez, someone so young and so full of promise, who was suddenly taken away from them. We join the rest of the Filipino Community in […]
DUBLIN, Germany (AFP) — Ireland’s government on Tuesday said it was signing a deal with Apple for the US tech giant to pay 13 billion euros ($16 billion) in back taxes as ordered by the European Commission. The formal signature is expected later on Tuesday and the money will go into an escrow account, a type of third-party account used in transactions, the finance ministry said in a statement. The money is expected to be […]
by Julien LAGACHE Agence France-Presse DUBLIN, Ireland (AFP) – Gerry Adams went from being the political voice of the Irish Republican Army, reviled by the British government and Northern Ireland’s Protestants, to playing the peacemaker in bringing the province’s Troubles to an end. As he hands over the reins of power of Sinn Fein to Mary Lou McDonald, Adams has more recently become an anti-austerity figurehead and an opponent of Brexit while cultivating an avuncular image […]
DUBLIN, Ireland (AFP) — The union representing Ireland-based Ryanair pilots suspended upcoming strike action on Sunday after the no-frills airline agreed to talks. The Irish carrier on Friday offered to recognise unions for the first time after pilots in Ireland, Britain, Germany, Italy, Spain and Portugal threatened walkouts, throwing Christmas travel plans into chaos. The airline said Saturday it was prepared to meet representatives from Impact, to which the Irish Airline Pilots’ Association (IALPA) is […]
by Julien Lagache Agence France Presse DUBLIN, Ireland (AFP) — Ireland was hit by what officials called an “unprecedented storm” on Monday that left three people dead, more than 300,000 customers without power and shut down schools as well as government offices. A police spokesman said one woman in her 50s was killed outside the village of Aglish, near the south coast, when a tree fell on her car. A female passenger in her 70s […]
DUBLIN, Ireland (AFP) — Ireland has ordered all schools to close Monday as the country braces for an “unprecedented storm” with the arrival of Ophelia, the largest hurricane ever recorded so far east in the Atlantic Ocean. “In response to the imminent Storm Ophelia, the Department of Education and Skills is now publicly informing all schools, colleges and other education institutions that they are to remain closed tomorrow, Monday 16 October,” the department said in […]
By Alice Ritchie / with Danny Kemp in Brussels London, United Kingdom (AFP) — Britain said Monday it will launch the process of leaving the European Union on March 29, setting a historic and uncharted course to become the first country to withdraw from the bloc by March 2019. Nine months after the stunning referendum vote for Brexit, Prime Minister Theresa May’s government will finally trigger Article 50 of the EU’s Lisbon Treaty next week, starting a […]
by Kerry SHERIDAN MIAMI, United States (AFP) — Some red squirrels in Britain and Ireland are infected with the bacteria that causes leprosy in humans, though the risk of transmission to people is low, researchers said Thursday. Still, scientists were surprised to uncover signs of the infectious disease that ravaged Europe in medieval times but which has dramatically declined in the modern era. “This has never been observed before,” said Stewart Cole, a researcher with […]
