Bishop Eamon Casey News Today

In 1993, Annie Murphy appeared on Irish television to reveal she had been in a relationship and had a son with Irish Bishop Eamon Casey. Long before the #MeToo movement, it was an act of uncommon bravery given the popularity of the influential and jocular priest known for enjoying fine wines and food, fast cars and foreign travel. So how did this woman end up living much of her life in anonymity in Riverside County? And what became of her, her son and the priest?

Annie Murphy, a young American woman, gave birth to a son fathered by an Irish bishop decades ago. Effects of the scandal reverberate to this day.

The Irish Times’s obituary writers have marked the deaths of more than 150 people this year. Here are 50 of the best known

Historian Dermot Keogh, who has died aged 78, was a leading academic and the author of more than a dozen books who previously worked as a journalist at The Irish Press and RTÉ.

UCC academic’s work influenced his field, public knowledge, the State and thousands of students

Writer/ performer Michael Power teams up with actor Paula Weldon in his play Going Back, performed at Waterford city’s Theatre Royal.

Conal Creedon: Has the allure of one of Ireland’s top media positions lost its lustre?: A comprehensive series of articles on this topic

Sarah McInerney follows Claire Byrne and Miriam OCallaghan in announcing she will not be throwing her hat in the ring

The funeral takes place tomorrow in the city of the celebrated artist, playwright, novelist and poet, Patricia Burke Brogan who passed away in Castlegar Nursing Home earlier this week.

Gay Byrne was born in Dublin on the date August 4, 1934. He went on to host the world’s second longest-running TV talk program, the “Late Late Show” on RTÉ from 1962 to 1999.