WHILE yesterday’s statement on the O’Higgins Report from Garda Commissioner Nóirín O’Sullivan accepts that the gardaí have “inescapable lessons” to learn based on their shortcomings in critical areas including their dealings with whistleblowers, it has failed to clear the air on the controversy surrounding apparently contradictory references to Sgt Maurice McCabe.

THERE could hardly be a more appropriate way to mark next month’s 20th anniversary of the murder of journalist Veronica Guerin than the screening of RTÉ’s excellent fly-on-the-wall documentary, The Guards, a two-part series on the real-life experiences of gardaí in Dublin.

FOR decades, elements of childcare in this country left a lot to be desired. 

MIGRATION has shaped our world and is reshaping it today.

HOW to make the very best use of school buildings and grounds outside of school hours has occupied minds for many years but issues around staffing, insurance and ownership conspired to make it a back-burner project.