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On 8 April, 2011 the High Court directed that publication of certain parts of the report of the Commission of Investigation into the handling by Church...

On 8 April, 2011 the High Court directed that publication of certain parts of the report of the Commission of Investigation into the handling by Church...

The Government of Ireland thanks the Holy See for its response of 3 September regarding the report of the Commission of Investigation into the Catholic Diocese...

I have today received the response which the Government requested from the Holy See when I met with the Apostolic Nuncio immediately following the publication of the Cloyne Report. The Response is a detailed one...

The revelations of the Cloyne report have brought the Government, Irish Catholics and the Vatican to an unprecedented juncture. It’s fair to say that after the Ryan and Murphy Reports Ireland is, perhaps...

Children Minister Frances Fitzgerald today launched Children First 2011 - National Guidance for the Protection and Welfare of Children. The Guidance promotes the protection of children from abuse and neglect, and states what...

I would like to welcome Mr Gordon Jeyes, National Director, Children and Family Services, HSE and Mr Derek Byrne, Assistant Commissioner, National Support Services and acknowledge their support in the development of this guidance...

13th July 2011 Justice Minister Alan Shatter and Children Minister Frances Fitzgerald today held a press...

We are today publishing the Commission of Investigation Report into the Catholic Diocese of Cloyne. We should be clear about one thing.This is not a report about some terrible wrongs that were done long ago....

Today, my colleague Minister Shatter & I, with the approval of Government, are publishing the report of the Commission of Inquiry into the Diocese of Cloyne....