Staff / TruthdigJan 19, 2011
According to an official letter issued by the Vatican in 1997, the Holy See issued a warning to higher-ups in the Irish Catholic Church, strongly suggesting that they keep reports of child abuse by clergy members from outside authorities or they could face "embarrassing" consequences. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigNov 28, 2010
Tens of thousands of people took to the Irish streets Saturday to sound off against an IMF-backed austerity plan that would usher in deep spending cuts and higher taxes. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigNov 27, 2010
What are we to make of the recent outburst of aggression between the two Koreas? And while we're on the subject of puzzling moments in international diplomacy, what exactly is America's goal in Afghanistan? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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Staff / TruthdigNov 27, 2010
Iceland’s President Olafur Grimsson, surveying the global financial mess, including the pending $112 billion bailout of Ireland's shaky banking sector, can gloat a bit. His country, he says, is in better shape because it let private banks fail two years ago. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigNov 20, 2010
Although it may sound like a delicious alcoholic beverage rather than a $50 billion rescue of Ireland's capitalist apparatus, an Irish bailout by the International Monetary Fund, the European Commission and the European Central Bank is being discussed as the island country reels from debt and failed banks. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigNov 20, 2010
The Irish economy is in quite a state, and according to Labor TD (that's MP in Irish parlance) Pat Rabbitte, some specific people are to blame for Ireland's plight One of them just happened to be right next to him (continued). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
William Pfaff / TruthdigNov 4, 2010
The European Union's leaders, Germany and France, decided Oct. 30 to try to change the EU's Lisbon Treaty. This is a highly charged and divisive move. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Robert Fisk / TruthdigJun 19, 2010
By chance, I arrived in Dublin this week on the day that the Saville report on Bloody Sunday was published. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigApr 22, 2010
Two more high-profile figures are paying the price for their parts, however direct or oblique, in the child abuse scandal still rippling through the ranks of the Catholic church By Thursday, the Vatican had officially retired . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMar 24, 2010
Pope Benedict XVI has OK'd the resignation of Bishop John Magee, an Irish clergyman who had held prominent positions within the Catholic Church for decades and whose diocese was rocked by allegations of child sexual abuse by members of the clergy ranging from at least the mid-1990s. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMar 17, 2010
Pope Benedict XVI's official investigators at the Vatican have been inundated with claims of abuse by Catholic priests and nuns, all to be handled by a small team of 10 at the Holy See's in-house operation To offset some of the public discontent, the pope is writing (continued). Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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