'UNGODLY hour' might not be the correct term when you are about to fly with the Pope, but it well describes the 3.45am alarm call that woke me on Saturday after a couple of hours' restless sleep.

POPE Francis has been accused of being dismissive of a survivor of clerical abuse by saying she was "fixated" on tribunals.

IT is not every day that you get to meet the Pope.

GARDAI have declined to put an official figure on the numbers who attended Mass at the Phoenix Park - as the crowd appeared well short of the expected 500,000.

IRISH army officers at Co Donegal’s Finner camp have revealed that more than 30 soldiers sought sick leave in advance of the papal visit.

The car used by Pope Francis during his trip to Ireland is to be donated to help homeless families.

The Republic's children's minister Katherine Zappone told Pope Francis the Church must address the "shameful" Tuam Mother and Baby home scandal.

I THINK every Irish household has at least one bottle.