The Catholic Church in Ireland has announced a historic shake-up which will effectively see the dioceses of Ferns and Ossory ...

As far back as March, it had been speculated that Ossory might lose out on having its own bishop and move to a ‘shared bishop ...

Pope Leo has appointed Bishop Gerard Nash to minister simultaneously as Bishop of Ferns and as Bishop of Ossory.

Tyrone football manager Mickey Harte will be among the speakers at a special Eucharistic Gathering in the Diocese of Ferns this weekend. CHILD protection measures need to be radically overhauled in ...

DUBLIN, Ireland-- The Diocese of Ferns is asking its parishes for additional funds to help cover the cost of legal settlements stemming from cases of clerical child abuse. The diocese paid more than ...

A FAMILY'S marathon legal fight with the Diocese of Ferns over the abuse of their daughter by a priest more than 15 years ago has finally ended. The controversial case centred on Fr Jim Grennan, a ...

Former Bishop of Ferns Brendan Comiskey, who resigned in April 2002 over failing to address allegations of clerical sexual abuse in the diocese, has died aged 89. The allegations resulted in an ...

DUBLINDUBLIN — A Roman Catholic diocese at the center of Ireland’s child-abuse scandals appealed Tuesday to its parishioners to cover some of its more than euro10 million ($14 million) in bills to ...

There's a lot of hand-wringing and gnashing of teeth here in Ireland today thanks to the announcement by Bishop Brennan of Ferns that he would be asking Catholics in the diocese to help pay ...

The funeral has taken place of Bishop Brendan Comiskey, who resigned as leader of the Diocese of Ferns in April 2002 over his mishandling of clerical sexual abusers. Bishop Comiskey, who belonged to ...