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The head of the Catholic Church in Ireland, Cardinal Sean Brady has been taken to hospital after becoming ill during a church ceremony. An ambulance was called for the cardinal who was officiating at a confirmation in County Tyrone which began at about 1700 BST on Tuesday.
A spokesman for the parish of Kildress said Cardinal Brady was in a stable condition.
He said the cardinal remained conscious throughout.
Cardinal Sean Brady has been Catholic primate of all-Ireland since 1996.
The past year has been the most difficult of his time in charge as he has faced the fall-out from two major reports into child sex abuse in the Irish church.
It emerged last month that Cardinal Sean Brady was present when children signed vows of silence over allegations against a paedophile priest in 1975.
He has since admitted he was part of a culture which put avoiding scandal above bringing clerical child abusers to justice.This article is from the BBC News website. ? British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.