While the housing minister is introducing some measures to reform An Bord Pleanála, the problems go far beyond issues of management fuzziness, writes Mick Clifford

Peter Pringle claimed he was ‘wrongly convicted’ of murdering two gardaí, but there is no evidence to suggest he was not the third man involved in a crime that resulted in the two deaths, writes Special Correspondent Mick Clifford

For some reason, an annual horror show of hospital overcrowding, which was flagged well in advance this year, was not the subject of forward planing, or at least not enough to alleviate needless suffering

The year’s end brings with it time for reflection on some decent reads undertaken during the last twelve months.

What about the childer’? So went the cry of faux outrage a few weeks ago when it was announced that the crib in Dublin’s Mansion House would be without live animals.

Chaplains reports from Irish prisons, which were submitted in March, have not been published under the spin that they may be in breach of GDPR, writes Mick Clifford

Some dynasties conclude with a big bang, others limp out with a whimper.  Fianna Fáil experienced the big bang in 2011 and maybe now comes the whimper. Today, Micheál Martin ends his term as Taoiseach.

TG4 documentary provides a sharp-edged shovel with which to dig into a shamefulepisode of Ireland’s history that has long been kept buried, writes Mick Clifford

Mr Quinn failed big but he could have confronted it

Should Roy have gone to the World Cup? Which one, says you. The past reared up from the grave during the week with a screening of a programme on Saipan.