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A Vatican summit has been called to discuss whether the Church should allow married men to become priests. It comes as certain parts of the world such as remote parts of the Amazon are experiencing a shortage of clergy.

A Ryanair passenger has criticised the airline after she was subjected to homophobic abuse on one of its flights and the cabin crew did nothing to stop it. Laura Muldoon was on board a flight from Stansted to Seville when a group of male passengers began hurling the vile abuse …

Father Brian D’Arcy has said the fact that he survived abuse gives him the strength to speak out against the Church or “any institution that puts its good name ahead of the vulnerability of a child”. The broadcaster was a guest on The Tommy Tiernan Show on RTÉ and spoke …

Hollywood star Michael Fassbender gave a lesson in Irish slang to fellow actors Sophie Turner and James McEvoy. They taught him some English and Scottish slang in return. The trio showed that although they come from three countries so close together that all share a language, there are plenty of …

The British public have named Irish rock star Bono as the person least deserving of their honorary knighthood. A survey of 2,000 people was carried out by television channel History and almost a quarter named the U2 frontman as the person they think should not have received the award.

Irish magician Joel M showed off possibly his most impressive trick to date – he can eat a chicken nugget and then make it re-appear! The young star’s tricks are always puzzling and he has a way of delivering the wow factor with a casual swagger, but surely this is …

A Syrian boy living in Belfast has warmed people’s hearts across the nation after he was interviewed by the BBC. Young Mohammed now has a Belfast accent and impressed people with his remarkable ability to learn new languages.