Cases before the Workplace Relations Commission show discrimination by schools of children with special requirements is not uncommon. It shows mixed up priorities on the part of schools, where children should be the primary concern at all times, writes Michael Clifford

Nóirín O’Sullivan’s performance yesterday did nothing to quell doubts about whether any confidence can be vested in the running of the force, writes Michael Clifford.

Instead of the giveaway or takeaway budgets, we have now been reduced to the old Roman governing formula of bread and circuses. A few crusts are thrown here and there to the citizenry, all wrapped up in a spectacle that could pass for a three-ring circus, writes Michael Clifford

A battle over the Eighth will make other referendum campaigns look like a Daniel O’Donnell tea party, writes Michael Clifford

Today’s revelations about two disclosures alleging Garda whistleblower maltreatment suggest little change in the force, says Michael Clifford.