The Bishop of Kilmore, Bishop Leo O’Reilly, it is reported in the ‘Catholic Herald ‘ of 11th June 2015, has urged his colleagues to establish a commission to discuss the possibility of ordain9ing married men. It is hoped that the proposal will be discussed at the next meeting of the bishops’ conference in October.

Bishop O’Reilly said :
‘Pope Francis has encouraged individual bishops and bishops’ conferences to be creative in looking at ways to do ministry in the future, so I think we have to consider all options.’