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IN light of the recent damning report evidence in the Murphy Report, it would be expected that the Catholic Church in Ireland would be subdued, silent even, keeping a low profile in face of further criticism.

CONCERNS about the knock-on implications for the availability of elderly care beds in Clare following news that Unit 3 at St Joseph’s Hospital in Ennis will be reduced to a 16-bed unit from January next have been voiced by Deputy Pat Breen.

THE 2010 Budget was a bit like giving a child a dose of cod liver oil. No matter how you might have tried to convince the protesting child that it was for his or her own good, it didn’t make it any more palatable.

It was pathetic to see the Government go cap in hand to maverick TDs like Jackie Healy-Rae and Noel Grealish in order to get support for Wednesday’s Budget. We have an economic emergency on our hands and we are crying out for strong leadership. The Budget was designed to get us out of the mess we are in.

THE findings of the Rape and Justice Report by Conor Hanly of NUIG make for chilling reading. It is difficult to identify one particular area which is more shocking than another but a number of points leap out.

BISHOP Willie Walsh is to issue a formal apology over the coming days to victims of clerical sexual abuse over comments he made on a national radio programme on Monday about his stance on calls for the resignation of Bishop of Limerick, Donal Murray.

MORE medical aids should be recycled, a local councillor has claimed, after it emerged that the HSE spent €3.78 million on equipment in the county over a three-year period.