Taoiseach Micheál Martin said the Pope held a ‘special place in the hearts of Irish people’

Speaking on RTÉ radio’s News at One, he said it was shocking to think that one man in particular Fr Patrick Kelly had moved from New York to California and then to Gardiner Street in Dublin and then Limerick.

A Wicklow businessman has admitted creating child pornographic images by superimposing the face of his ex-partner’s teenage daughter onto photographs of partially naked bodies

Police in Northern Ireland believe online predator Alexander McCartney may have targeted more than 3,000 victims.

The judge highlighted that there was a "callousness" in how the child was treated by his father

The Court of Appeal found that his original 15-year sentence was too lenient

The man will now serve over 15 years in prison after the Court of Appeal found his original 11-year sentence was too lenient

Bryan Dunne (43), of Hyde Park Lodge, Killucan, Co Westmeath, pleaded guilty to possessing 745 images and videos at his home

The trial judge described the case, which involved the sexual abuse and neglect of a number of young children, as 'sheer horror'

The Children’s Committee reviewed the Barnahus model for tackling child sexual abuse on Tuesday.

The 54-year-old acknowledged in a probation assessment that he has an attraction to children

Current HSE policy requires its therapists and other mandated workers report an adult’s disclosure of historic child abuse to Tusla

The man pleaded guilty at the Central Criminal Court to 16 sample counts of rape, attempted rape, sexual assault and indecent assault between 1985 and 1995