Sean Brady

“Those with the least capacity to suffer cuts should not be made to suffer more.”

Alan Meban (Alan in Belfast) on February 29, 2012, 7:40 pm | Readers 45

We want to respectfully challenge those who hold authority in civil society to act with justice and to show compassion to those most in need. Those with the least capacity to suffer cuts should not be made to suffer more. Those were the words of Cardinal Brady at an event tonight looking at welfare reform in Northern Ireland involving the main church leaders along with the Secretary of State Owen Paterson and Social Development Minister Nelson McCausland. The evening was …

Time for a clerical child abuse inquiry in Northern Ireland

Patrick Corrigan on July 15, 2011, 9:53 am | Readers 130

Momentum is building for an inquiry into clerical child abuse in Northern Ireland. With four inquiries now completed south of the border – Ferns, Ryan, Dublin and now Cloyne – northern abuse victims are rightly asking: what about us? Their calls have now been echoed by SDLP MLA Conall McDevitt and deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness: I absolutely believe there should be the same thorough investigations in the northern dioceses as there have been in previous dioceses in the south. We …

McGuinness: Archbishop Martin is providing a way forward..

Eamonn Mallie on May 21, 2010, 9:12 am | Readers 22

Deputy First Minister Martin Mc Guinness looks to Dublin’s Archbishop Diarmuid Martin to lead the catholic church out of the grip of child abuse scandals. Mr Mc Guinness has spoken for the first time since Cardinal Sean Brady said he is not quitting. Northern Ireland’s deputy First Minister has thrown his weight behind the Archbishop of Dublin as the row over child abuse by some priests rages on. When the story broke in March that Cardinal Sean Brady committed two …

McGuinness on Brady tomorrow…

Eamonn Mallie on May 20, 2010, 4:25 pm | Readers 5

Northern Ireland’s Deputy First minister Martin Mc Guinness called upon Cardinal Brady ‘to consider his position’ when his link to the Fr Brendan Smyth affair broke. Cardinal Brady has “considered his position” and has chosen to remain in office. What does Martin Mc Guinness think now? Coming up tomorrow morning on Slugger an exclusive one to one interview with Mr Mc Guinness. Eamonn Mallie