but the irish president'sresidence. that pope francis is visiting is so different from the one that popejohn paul ii visited in 1979. there have been so many changes, including most recently, the referendum in which people here voted by two thirds to a third approximately to allow abortion. we have had the referendum allowing gay marriage, ireland the first country to allow that by public vote. and then running through all of that, what the former irish president, mary mcaleese has called the dark side irish catholicism, the issue of abuse, the issue of the mistreatment of unmarried women and their babies in homes across ireland. you can see pope francis emerging with michael higgins and his wife sabina. he will be leaving the president'sofficial residence in the next few moments and heading to where i is to you from dublin castle, where he will be meeting the irish minister, leo varadkar, brought up catholic but no longer a practising catholic, a gay prime minister and in many ways the epitome of a very different irela

of change in irish society.ld have been unthinkable not long ago in ireland, someone who was raised a catholic but is no longer a practising catholic, who has called for a new chapter in the relationship between the new church and state and says he doesn‘t recognise some of the language that the catholic church uses to describe lg bt the catholic church uses to describe lgbt people, the catholic church uses to describe lg bt people, for example. the catholic church uses to describe lgbt people, for example. that will bea lgbt people, for example. that will be a fascinating meeting. lgbt people, for example. that will be a fascinating meetinglj lgbt people, for example. that will be a fascinating meeting. i think thatis be a fascinating meeting. i think that is going to be private, but our taoiseach, leo, has said he will raise as many of the issues that are pertinent to the irish population as he can. i noticed when the pope was arriving at aras an uachtarain, he is also meeting the gay minister for children. so

daniel 0'donnell the irish singer will also be performing at this concert.ival of families concert and live pictures coming to us from dublin's stadium. the first day of pope frances today tour of ireland. tomorrow he will be heading to cou nty tomorrow he will be heading to county mayo to the shrine and he will also be taking part in the world meeting of families mass. earlier this evening we heard he spent 19 minutes with eight survivors of hierarchal sexual abuse. anita is there for us. she's in dublin. thank you very much. as we continue to look at these images of pope frances's arrival at the park stadium we're getting a little bit more detailfrom park stadium we're getting a little bit more detail from the vatican on that meeting which lasted for 90 minutes as you say with eight survivors of abuse. we were told of clerical religious and institutional abuse, so really, that covers the range of terrible scandals that have emerged here in ireland both the abuse by priests of children, the cover—up of that abuse, abusive by other members of catholic religi

the new chapter that the irish prime minister leo varadkar was talking the irish prime minister leo vat the irish prime minister leo varadkar was talking about a little earlier, can it be a new chapter in terms of the relationship between the church and the state, if that isn't what the victims are calling for? everybody has to bring something to the table when you engage in negotiation to end the conflict, and there is no doubt that there conflict between the irish state in the catholic church, so a new chapter can be opened but the catholic church has to come to the table and say this is what we are going to do to make amends. when you still have the catholic church refusing to disclose a lot of the records and documentation, and we still need to have judicial enquiries, then thatjust goes to show you that they are not forthcoming with that, so that is really difficult because you don't have a reliable partner to negotiate wet. that is hugely problematic. if you see the catholic church is not coming forward in this regard then how can you trust it, how can you know down the line that

let's look at some of the morning papers, this is the irish independent. world on the reaction to the papal visit. eyes of the world on the reaction to the pa pal visit. an eyes of the world on the reaction to the papal visit. an interesting line saying that the papal visit is expected to set the global agenda on how the catholic church tackles the dark legacy of sex abuse. arguably the dominant issue of this visit, both the abuse of children by priests, the cover—up of that abuse with priests being moved around parishes and indeed between countries, allowing abuse to continue, and the treatment of children and mothers in catholic run institutions. if we look at the irish times, pope francis visit expected to draw crowds of 600,000, but they are saying the pontiff is not planning to announce new measures to tackle clerical abuse, which is something that survivors of abuse and many others very much want the pope to talk about. we will wait to see what he actually does say over the course of the weekend. with me now is shona murray from the irish independent

the steps, with the irish for welcome emblazoned on the side.till with me at dublin castle, where the pope will be arriving in a very short while, is shown amari from the irish independent newspaper, who has written extensively on a number of issues. —— shona murray. we were talking a short while ago about what the pope might need to say. what are some people want to say and what he does say maybe two different things. we haven't heard what words he will offer on the subject of abuse. what do you think he needs to say? this week leading up to the pope's visit has reopened a lot of old wounds for irish people, for abuse survivors, for people that were incarcerated in the mother and baby homes, for women who have had babies taken away from them because they were unmarried mothers. for women in this country, this is 2018, the 50th anniversary of the pope's ruling against contraception, which basically put a lot of irish women into a world of perpetual childbirth. there has been a lot of traumatic impact from the catholic church xhaka stranglehold o

but the irish president'sresidence. but the ireland that pope francis is visiting is so different from the one that popejohn paul ii visited in 1979. there have been so many changes, including most recently, the referendum in which people here voted by two thirds to a third approximately to allow abortion. we have had the referendum allowing gay marriage, ireland the first country to allow that by public vote. and then running through all of that, what the former irish president, mary mcaleese has called the dark side irish catholicism, the issue of abuse, the issue of the mistreatment of unmarried women and their babies

he speaks irish.ther, the christian faith inspired many of the people, catholic protestant and centre who led our struggle for freedom and independence and for this reason the 1916 proclamation of independence and our constitution invoke god the almighty and the holy trinity in their opening lines. in more recent yea rs, their opening lines. in more recent years, christian democracy and christian ideas also helped to inform and guide the founders of the european union. inspiring a continent to rescue war in favour of ever closer cooperation. —— to reject war. the catholic church i believe has led us to understand we are citizens of a wider world and pa rt are citizens of a wider world and part of a global universal family. our brave in the missionary priests and nuns provide an education to those around the world's, and nuns provide an education to those around the worlds, to protect the sick and the most vulnerable. peacekeepers and international development workers fall in that proud tradition, in t

catholicism still part of the irish identity.poland, catholicism so important in the formation of irish national identity, when ireland emerged as a nation in the early 20th century, it defined irishness. some interesting thoughts this week. in many ways, the 1979 visits, it has been written, was in a sense by pope john paul, trying to legitimise an institution on the wane in ireland. it was about to start declining, ireland had joined the european union in the 1970s. agitation for social change. in 1979, it seems like the beginning of the end in a sense for the catholic church. the catholic church has not kept pace with social change. we could apply this to a lot of places. the influence of the catholic church in ireland has been more pernicious than most places. if you look at the scandals, not just the than most places. if you look at the scandals, notjust the recent scandals, notjust the recent scandals about the abuse of children by clerics, but you look at the magdalen laundry scandals. any young girl who could be swept awa

many of them are irish dancers, some 700 irish dancers and many hundreds of volu nteers irish dancers and many hundreds of volunteers taking part in the performance as well. the highlight for many people will be the pope's address, you will be making an address, you will be making an address to people gathered here talking about the importance of family. also focusing on some of his key things, helping vulnerable migrants and refugees. and there are not just people from migrants and refugees. and there are notjust people from ireland dear but people from all over the world, i was peeking to a family from france who brought their children and want this moment to be an inspiration and seeing the pope is a once—in—a—lifetime experience. and they will carry with them for the rest of their lives. about another hour and rest of their lives. about another hourand a rest of their lives. about another hour and a half or so to go for this event this evening, 75,000 people here gathered for it. it is incredibly lead light load —— it is incredibly lead light load —— it is incredibly loud there, s

pope francis is meeting irish bishops before travelling back to rome.ark in dublin — asking for forgiveness for the abuse irish people had suffered at the hands of priests. british—iranian charity worker, nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe has been sent back to prison in iran and has not been granted an extention to her temporary 3—day release. flags are flying at half—mast at the white house — and tributes continue to be made to made for senatorjohn mccain who has died at the age of 81. the search for two missing fishermen has been called off after their bodies were discovered by the coastguard. their boat sank 25—miles off the norfolk coast last night. british scientists say they have pieced together what dinosaur dna looks like — and their genetic structure is close to living birds. as we're reporting, the us playwright, neil simon has died at the age of 91. simon wrote more than 30 plays, including come blow your horn and the odd couple. he was the first playwright to have a broadway theatre named after him, and won the pulitzer prize for drama in 1991 for l

but what the irish do, the irish immigrants do this, the german immigrants do this, other immigrants do this, if they can convince a white majority in the united states that they too are white, they can establish their claims to whiteness. a term i'm using again this semester. they have made an enormous leap and crossed a threshold that enabled them not to just get equal legal citizenship but also to enjoy the benefit of citizenship as a cultural rectus. so by that -- practice. so by the time the civil war erupts, white men are claiming the boundaries of citizenship between them are unnatural. that argument has been around. but immigrants increasingly punctuated that argument believing that all naturalized citizenships -- citizens should be treated the same. it might explain why they would support amending the constitution to say that all citizens should enjoy equal rights and that all citizens should have access to the suffrage. at this moment to step back. i have been discussing in general terms a series of developments and changes related to citizenship that occurred in the era of

there we are, pope francis stepping off irish soil to ta ke pope francis stepping off irish soil to take one, the call sign for all flights that carried the pope. internationally recognised as having diplomatic status, the vatican is a state in its own right. and the pope returns to rome tonight. i would of thought reflecting on a broadly successful visit. yes not really faced much in the way of direct protest a nd faced much in the way of direct protest and i think the thing that will make most impact were the remarks today, during mass today when he chose to speak in spanish. he is argentinian so spanish is his tong as many commentators pointed out. —— his native tongue. that is hope francis, who asked a request for forgiveness. hope francis, who asked a request forforgiveness. —— hope francis, who asked a request for forgiveness. —— that is pope francis. and in a special way we ask pardon for all the abuses committed in various kinds of institutions run by males orfemale in various kinds of institutions run by males or female religious and other members of the church. and of course a

soil, and right that he should meet victims on irish soil as pope. but do you think what he has said today is enough, is as much as could have been expected, or should he have been saying more, evenif should he have been saying more, even if not in great detail, about what further concrete actions the church might take? i did not expect to make an announcement which would be shattering at a time when he has come to deliver a message on family and church. i think he wanted the emphasis to be on the family, to be on the role of the family in the church, the importance of the family, the need to nurture family and the church, the many different broken forms. i grew up in a where i died when i grew igrew up i grew up in a family where my father died when i was 13. the church look after us. there are so much going on for families in the church today, that i think it is right the pope, if you like, that one of the first things he said, having greeted the diplomats, was, this is terrible, and we must deal with it. i think he does intend to deal with it, but

long running dispute between the irish and english and what are people like the irish and the german going to do? they work hard and take advantage of the opportunities. one of the things that becomes increasingly clear making their experience as naturalized citizens different from emancipated slaves is that they will play a role in who enjoys the benefits of citizenship. one of the things the irish and germans do is to convince the majority that surrounds them that they are white. the group that has to struggle is the irish. that may come as a surprise because the stereotype is that they are pale. the overwhelming stereotype but in the 1800s there was many english said the irish is a different race. a term used broadly. what the irish do is that if they can convince the white majority in the united states that they too are white, they can establish their claims to whiteness. a term i will use again. they have crushed the threshold that enabled them not to get legal citizenship but also to enjoy the benefits of citizenship as a cultural practice. by the time the war erupts white men

the steps, with the irish for welcome emblazoned on the side.till with me at dublin castle, where the pope will be arriving in a very short while, is shown amari

the pope will plant and irish oak tree post to the oak tree planted by john paul ii in 1979. then the pope will make his way to dublin castle where i am speaking to you from he will be the irish prime minister, the taoiseach, leo varadkar. and he will deliver a speech. that is one of the key parts of this visit to look out for. what will he said on the subject of the abuse of children? will he set out any concrete measures to deal with those who abuse or those who cover up abuse? that is what many are looking for. the eyes of the world are on ireland this weekend for what the pope might say on that subject in the wake of further revelations around the world on abuse, including, most recently, that grand jury including, most recently, that grand jury report in pennsylvania which

two more goals to follow him in the second half, while the irish failed to register a single shot on target. 670 is the largest ever win in a world cup final, but once the dust is settled, the irish camp reflect on an incredible journey at this world cup. here to help us reflect is the former english great sally walton. just not to be for ireland today. the dutch living up to their working today in steam—rolling ireland today. nothing ireland did wrong, theyjust ireland today. nothing ireland did wrong, they just came ireland today. nothing ireland did wrong, theyjust came up against a team in top form and 11 tournament former allies and writing wise all through the tournament. put into perspective how good this dutch team is. is it one of the greatest bloodstains? they had the potential. they really are coming to fruition. and there had kept, you can see they have a real desire to want to do it for not only themselves but for their coats. for ireland, once they wipe the tears away on the page,

address the issue but will that be enough to satisfy calls for justice look at the perspective of an irish abuse of survival in just a couple of minutes also on the program. a mediterranean moment for south america with two million venezuelans on the move the u.n. says the region's migration crisis is starting to resemble what happened in europe in twenty fifteen e. and b. w. news has been following one family's faintness in journeys across schools. and we'll have the highlights for you of last night's top soccer clash as the bundesliga gets back to business cereal champions by munich facing another top team hoffenheim in that curtain raiser last night the bavarians provide old but it wasn't the dominant start they were hoping for. with. hello and welcome my name is christopher spring thanks for joining us in just over an hour's time pope francis arrives in dublin for the first papal trip to ireland in almost forty years he'll be visiting a country that was once staunchly catholic but has undergone huge social reforms in recent years the pope's visit comes as the catholic church faces rene

spoke to karen who was a former irish swimmer who had big dreams of going to the olympics one day but between the age of ten and 17, she was abused by her swimming coach who was abused by her swimming coach who was then the irish olympic coach. she was emotionally, physically, psychologically and sexually abused by this man. even now, she is in her 40s, and she is still affected by this day today. everything i did, my whole life, he had total control over it. what he said went and he did it. because if you didn't do it, you knew that you were gone, you we re you knew that you were gone, you were out. i went to his swimming clu b were out. i went to his swimming club isa were out. i went to his swimming club is a very good swimmer as a young girl with great potential and it turned out that i got worse and i left is not a very good swimmer. i didn't like what he was doing to me, he was hurting me. but ijust kept going. ididn't he was hurting me. but ijust kept going. i didn't tell anybody because all i wanted, my dream, i wanted to go to the olympics to swim for

who have access on irish matters and ask what it is like. it is wonderful that you have a building that has this history and it lives and continues. you do not put it into a great modern tower for security reasons that would be awful. >> we have a question here. >> thank you so much all of you, i am curious because i have always been so impressed when i go to england with their ability to preserve documents, paintings, buildings, and i think that they are doing a -- that we are doing a great job of that here. i wonder since all of you are historians and preservationists, how you think we will all do moving forward, if this is an exciting time for you or a challenging time? >> any of you could answer. >> i think the white house has a huge political message of optimism and hope and vision, you look at the great cities of the united states, and afterwards, in terms of conservation and looking after things we in britain have not always had that optimism you have had in america. we conserve our history really beautifully but we are a lot of times

words uttered from both the pope and indeed the irish prime minister and party it seems very much as though this issue the issue of clergy sexual abuse of minors and then the church's subsequent cover up is becoming a centerpiece if you like of francis his papacy. absolutely. you could say it's. one serious black mark on a stain on this comic book because as we all know it's a pope who's managed to. buy is interested in. issues like environmentalism migration he talks about a church of the poor for the poor they. just live in exile she drives around for focus etc sets after doing all those things reached out of bailiwick reach out to our constituency far beyond the catholic church however. this is a problem which is doing him one doing the church great deal of damage and nothing he said today an. indication that he's got out of this problem you know where we are dealing with. not just problem our liberal global sex abuse problem that deals with. basically. i gave a lobby and a lot of catholic institutions in particular seminaries and ills that were still with sustained and consistent

on the presidency, the design history of the white house and how it was influenced by british and irish connections. panelists include architecture professors from the united kingdom and ireland as well as white house historians. this hour-long program is part of a day-long symposium hosted by the white house historical association. >> thank you all very much for sticking it out for all of this. i want you to know this is now your chance to ask the questions of the scholars and the experts and i want to say that i have no background whatsoever in history or scholarship. i'm just a reporter. but i really have had a privilege of a front-row seat to history. first walking up that white house northwest driveway a few months after i graduated from college as a news intern for cbs and retiring 40 years later from abc news, late in the obama administration. and i would walk up that driveway, usually early in the morning before live shots on "good morning america," and while the seven presidents i covered were across -- everything from the cold war to the digital revolution, to be able to look

address the issue but will that be enough to satisfy calls for justice we'll get the perspective of an irish abuse survivor. also on the program a group of migrants go on hunger strike off to italy refuses to admit them one hundred fifty people have been stranded on board this coast guard vessel for over a week now the european union meeting to resolve the crisis files to come up with a solution. and highlights for you of last night's top soccer clashes the buddhist review gets back to business cereal champions by munich facing another top team. in that coaching raiser last night at the veterans provide old but it wasn't the dominant stop they were hoping for. hello and welcome my name is christopher spring thanks for joining us pope francis is due to arrive in dublin shortly for the first papal trip to ireland in almost forty years he'll be visiting a country that was one staunch catholic but has since undergone huge social reforms his visit comes as the catholic church faces renewed pressure to tackle sex abuse within its ranks damning new revelations in the united states astray and surely

and again, the background to all of this, the irish prime minister leo varadkarurging the this, the irishar urging the pope to take a stand against abuse and ensure justice for victims in ireland and around the world. the pope, during his visit, has admitted what he talked about as the church's failure, and he said that action over abuse scandals, repellent crimes, which has rightly giving rise to outrage and remains a source of pain and shame for the catholic community and i, myself, shallow sentiments, he said. he has been meeting victims of abuse including a woman who was assaulted by a priest when she was in hospital, at the age of 13. the pope in knock in county mayo. much more coverage of that throughout the day from my collea g u es throughout the day from my colleagues annita mcveigh, who is there for us. that is the pope's visit to ireland. as we continue this newspaper review, let's go to the mail on sunday. they have got a scandal of 3.6 million nhs ghost patients. what is a ghost patient, what do they mean? if you're someone who is registered on your box but does not exist in

when we look at the white house, what is it about that, that is so distinctly american, from an irish, a european point of view? >> i think the first thing is that there was a journalist whose name was willis in the 1840s. he was quite reputable, and the bearers of his coffin were in fact the harvard school. so, he was serious. now, he wrote a short description in "american scenes" on the white house that he described it as being ultimately a sufficient measure of state for a republic. in other words, that it had enough of state in it, but not too much. too much was an assertion over people. i think what washington had in mind all the time is these states could easily fracture. that daniel webster later on was effectively to say it was a compact between states and a constitution, which is a definition of a nation, which applies to individuals. so, instead of passing back through the states, in fact, one had to want the constitution affected individuals directly. that -- >> that's a wonderful description. i'm going to skip to merlo real quickly because you know the roots in dublin. whe

english man's turning irish, great britain fancier, everyone ali.of their friends behind ireland today. so many of theirfriends are behind ireland today. so many of their friends are up behind ireland today. so many of theirfriends are up —— players behind ireland today. so many of their friends are up —— players are part—time. how does it manage getting to a world cup final when you have a job to go to at the same time? a lot of these girls get up at 6am to do gym sessions before they go to their daytime job and play camps oi'i go to their daytime job and play camps on weekends. it is tough but it suits the irish underdog mentality to work for everything they have got. credit to them. when they have got. credit to them. when the irish part—time players returned to their dayjobs over the weekend they can at least use up to a hero must level, know they have changed the face of women's oche in ireland. —— women's oche. great britain's laura kenny won her second gold of the european championships in glasgow despite admitting she's still not back to her

before pope francis spoke at dublin castle earlier here today we heard from the irish prime ministerrand he from the irish prime minister leo varadkar and he urged the pope to above all else put victims first. in place of christian charity, forgiveness and compassion, far too often there was judgment, severity and cruelty. in particular towards women and children and those on the margins. magdalene laundries mother and baby homes, industrial schools, illegal adoptions and clerical child abuse are stains on our state, our society and also the church. people kept in dark corners behind closed doors. cries for help that went unheard. and these wounds are still open. and there's much to be done to bring about justice and truth and healing for the victims and survivors. holy father, we ask that you use your office and influence to ensure that this is done here in ireland and also around the world. well we can look at the live images 110w well we can look at the live images now from central dublin with crowds gathering on the streets as the await the arrival of pope francis at saint mary ‘

there is irish music awaiting you and we will introduce you to the musicians. we would be remiss not introducing you to the piper because he has really been putting in the work today. stewart mentioned earlier the 10% discount in our shop. i want to add that we are sharing this but we have both-- we both have cufflinks. you are going to be books-- be doing book signings, aren't you? buy a book and buy a cufflink. in any case, thank you all for joining us. it has been a good day together so please join us in the reception. history tv normally only seen on weekend 's on cspan3 but we're showing its weekdays while the congress is on break. the relationship between george washington and alexander hamilton and how close hamilton the musical is to the truth. and beth and harry trueman before their marriage. and later a look at the history of the white house building and its design. >>> on tuesday and wednesday, a special edition of american history tv on cspan3. with live coverage of the white house historical association's presidential sight summit. our live coverag

it was fantastic to see the irish players sharing that success see the irish players sharing that successthey have been turned down, will they be regretting that because they will be an unknown quantity? the irish will definitely be an unknown quantity and she will be kicking herself. what would it be like if ireland actually won the world cup, it would shock the hockey world? they have been tweeting about hockey is coming home and it will shake up the tournament. we have had the traditional one, two and three in the world. italy is another nation that surpass their world ranking. it opens up the field and it is the fairy tale if you train hard and appliance tick together as a team, look at what you can do. you can listen to the final, the world cup final against the netherlands on the bbc sport website. gets under way in aof bbc sport website. gets under way in a of hours. thank you very much. we will bring you more on the developing match once it kicks off just after 4:30 p:m.. a new outbreak of the ebola virus in the east of the democratic republic of congo is thought to have killed mo

i think in the past the catholic church had too much of a dominant place in irish society.hat determines public policy or determines our laws. judging by trade in the exhibition hall, the catholic church is pinning its hopes on the popularity of pope francis. this is the best one. he remains the star attraction. but unless it can convince the world that it has changed, then the future of the roman catholic church in ireland will continue to be overshadowed by its past. martin bashir, bbc news, dublin. after a week in which donald trump has had to address questions about his possible impeachment, there is a renewed focus on november's congressional elections. the party that controls congress ultimately decides if a sitting president should be impeached — and mr trump is currently protected because republicans hold the majority. democrats think attracting younger voters could be a key to success in the mid—term elections, but mr trump has his own young, and deeply devoted supporters, as chris buckler has been finding out. it's up to you, your generation. in the presidential b

it has the papal flag and the irish trickle oi’ the papal flag and the irish trickle orflag, flying fromal flag and the irish trickle or flag, flying from the cockpit, as is the tradition on occasions like this. let's ta ke let's take a look at knock, that's where the pope visited earlier today, a holy shrine visited by 1,000,000 anda today, a holy shrine visited by 1,000,000 and a half pilgrims, each year. he delivered a short speech to the many thousands of people who turned out to see him there. in that speech, he prayed for god's forgiveness, for what he called the open wounds of abuse. and he also talked about taking decisive action, to secure the pursuit of truth and justice. translation: this open wound challenges us to be firm and decisive in the pursuit of truth and justice. applause. translation: i beg the lord's forgiveness for these sins, and for the scandal and betrayal, led by so many others in god's family. undoubtedly, those words from pope francis are the sorts of words that many survivors of abuse want to hear. the right sort of language. although, he has used those wor

i think in the past the catholic church had too much of a dominant place in irish society.ce in irish society, but not one that determines public policy or determines our laws. judging by trade in the exhibition hall, the catholic church is pinning its hopes on the popularity of pope francis. this is the best one. he remains the star attraction. but unless it can convince the world that it has changed, then the future of the roman catholic church in ireland will continue to be overshadowed by its past. martin bashir, bbc news, dublin. our top story this evening: scotland's former first minister, alex salmond, has hit back at the scottish government after being investigated over claims of sexual harassment. and still to come, i will be live on that m5near bristol weather holiday exodus is on its way. it is predicted there will be 40 million ca i’s predicted there will be 40 million cars on the road this weekend. coming up on sportsday on bbc news: the spa — scene for the belgium grand prix where ferrari were fastest in practice. every alcoholic drink does you harm. that's th

about that in a second first though this report on how past clerical abuse has been affecting the irish police it was abused by family members and a priest when she was just a child she lived like a prisoner for moving ten years in this catholic reform school in will fit where she was beaten and to mentored by nuns they talked to and to believing that it was her fault she was raped until now not one of police's abuses have been brought to justice. and i think they always win. you know so i didn't you know i really don't think about the not things that just i haven't we didn't stories of mass child abuse by priests have left many irish people disgusted with the church seventy eight percent continue to call themselves catholic but the country has changed since pope john paul a second visited pope francis may find a less enthusiastic welcome. maybe a different tone and i think i will be jumped for joy. by quite skeptical generally visionaries but i think it's i think it's no i mean it's good many here are hoping that pope francis will give them good reason to make peace with the church by

i think in the past the catholic church had too much of a dominant place in irish society.ety, but not one that determines public policy or determines our laws. judging by trade in the exhibition hall, the catholic church is pinning its hopes on the popularity of pope francis. this is the best one. he remains the star attraction. but unless it can convince the world that it has changed, then the future of the roman catholic church in ireland will continue to be overshadowed by its past. martin bashir, bbc news, dublin. the united nations says that 22 children and four women have been killed by a saudi—led coalition air strike in yemen. they were fleeing fighting in and around the key port city of hudaida yesterday. it comes just weeks after a strike on a bus killed more than a0 children. after a week in which donald trump has had to address questions about his possible impeachment, there is a renewed focus on november's congressional elections. the party that controls congress ultimately decides if a sitting president should be impeached, and mr trump is currently protected

british firms have been told to seek the advice of the irish government.st report tonight is from our deputy political editor, john pienaar. for millions of brits, a brexit deal would mean change. but no deal could mean more and quickly. card spending in europe more costly. no guarantee brits could use eu bank accounts the same way, or draw pensions. medicines — they'd be stockpiled but no promise they wouldn't run out. and as for business, traders would face new customs duties and safety checks and bureaucracy at a stroke. the brexit secretary's message — no need to panic. the uk had to be ready for anything. we are raising this issue with the eu to impress upon them ourjoint responsibility to work together to minimise any harm to uk and european businesses and citizens. those lives, those livelihoods on both sides, should be put ahead of any narrow political interest. a brexiteer to his fingertips, he was keen no—one swallowed any scare stories — like a hit to the british sandwich. contrary to one of the wilder claims, you will still be able to enjoy a b

british firms have been told to seek the advice of the irish government.rt tonight is from our deputy political editor, john pienaar. for millions of brits, a brexit deal would mean change. but no deal could mean more and quickly. card spending in europe more costly. no guarantee brits could use eu bank accounts the same way, or draw pensions. medicines — they'd be stockpiled but no promise they wouldn't run out. and as for business, traders would face new customs duties and safety checks and bureaucracy at a stroke. the brexit secretary's message — no need to panic. the uk had to be ready for anything. we are raising this issue with the eu to impress upon them ourjoint responsibility to work together to minimise any harm to uk and european businesses and citizens. those lives, those livelihoods on both sides, should be put ahead of any narrow political interest. a brexiteer to his fingertips, he was keen no one swallowed any scare stories — like a hit to the british sandwich. contrary to one of the wilder claims, you will still be able to enjoy a blt afte

all credit to the irish. they never gave up. to close to scoring in the end but it's hard to compete against nations that have a lot of funding, have a lot of backing that the irish national team did not have come a sponsor until two months ago. it's hard to compete against that but they've done extremely well to get through to the finals. yes, there was a bit, four goals in seven minutes i think in one stage. morale must‘ve sagged a bit at that point. yeah. i think they were realistic that the dutch we re they were realistic that the dutch were going to come fighting on the start. they got very convincing strikers. i think the kind of had to ta ke strikers. i think the kind of had to take that initial swell, that heat in the first four goals and they did absorb that. i think it was the third orfourth quarter absorb that. i think it was the third or fourth quarter they were zero goals against. he did show they kept fighting and a where resilient towards the end of. you mentioned funding that the netherlands enjoys. we're talking

pope francis is visiting an irish and will celebrate mass in dublin a day after calling the sex abuse of children by members of the catholic church repugnant he met eight abuse survivors from ninety minutes on the first day of his trip the catholic church in ireland has been tainted by multiple scandals and quoting sex abuse by priests and abuse of children born to single mothers in care homes well the pope is due to address around half a million people later on sunday but that number is far fewer than the crowd was great and has spread assessor thirty nine years ago thousands including abuse victims plan to hold a protest at the same time we both have reports from. the pope's visit to ireland at this moment of crisis in the catholic church was always going to set the global agenda on how the vatican tackles its legacy of child sex abuse the pope francis didn't waste any time. i cannot fail to acknowledge the great scandal caused in ireland by the abuse of young people by members of the church charge of the responsibility for that protection and education the failure of a crazy ass to

i'm irish waiter thanks for joining us iranians will wake up tomorrow to a new round of u.s. sanctions ripping into an economy that's already staggering the government is taking steps to ease foreign exchange transactions and allow iranians to bring in currency and gold all to combat the sanctions expected effects with an increasingly restless population and the sad state of the economy may be too little too late. it's the fourth time this year have taken to the street to protest they're angry about high prices and the government the accuser iran's political leaders leading the country into ruin with mismanagement and corruption and now new u.s. sanctions promised to make things even tougher. relations between the u.s. and iran have gotten worse three months ago president donald trump unilaterally pulled out of the iran nuclear deal and said he imposed the toughest sanctions iran has ever faced a declaration of economic war against the islamic republic. sense then iran's economy has plunged into chaos the collapse of the country's currency the ryal has accelerated it has now

and that really reflects the changing relationship between the irish people, the irish catholic peopleh more complex relationship as a result of the scandals that have emerged in the years since 1979. it is a much less deferential relationship, but about three quarters of the population still identify as catholic. it is a reduction in the numbers who would have said they were catholic back in 1979. we're talking about 91, 90 2% back then. according to the last census, it was around 70% as i try to remember the exact figure. that is certainly reflected in the reception we are seeing for pope francis. we will see big crowds in the two big events that are happening in the evening. tonight and one part and tomorrow in another part. now he is on his way to meet with homeless families and we will continue to bring you coverage of pope francis in ireland's. hello, away from scotland it is a bank holiday weekend. we have gotten off toa bank holiday weekend. we have gotten off to a good start. equally we've had of views showers. here is tomorrow's weather. this is an earlier satellite picture.

applause annita: and applause and appreciation of pope francis's use of irish their towards the end of he delivered that in italian, so irish, italian and of course at the beginning of the service, he used his native spanish ina service, he used his native spanish in a powerful prayer appealing for forgiveness for abuse on all levels. it followed the words of the archbishop of dublin, david martin, who called for a new spring for the church in ireland, one which didn't set to forget or hide the darker moments, but which went forward with confidence, and again there was a spontaneous round of applause when he said that, the people gathered here really wanting to hear that message, crying out for that message. people who have a very strong faith, and indeed we must remind ourselves that ireland is a predominantly catholic nation, 70% of the people identifying as catholic. it is a land of very strong faith. and that manifested here today. we haven't got the official numbers for the crowd gathered at phoenix park, but certainly we are in the hundreds of thousands. half a million was the es