The Government's plan to split the Justice Department in two has been slammed as "farcical".

In 1989, then-finance minister and would-be taoiseach Albert Reynolds was eviscerated for dismissing Fianna Fáil’s coalition with the Progressive Democrats as a “temporary little arrangement”, writres Daniel McConell.

If the business of the Charleton tribunal was proposed for a movie script, it would be rejected as beyond belief. Too many coincidences, too many mistakes. Too much that requires the suspension of belief, writes Michael Clifford.

Minister for Children Katherine Zappone has confirmed there are seven employees of Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, currently under suspension.

IF the commission of investigation established yesterday afternoon finds that senior gardaí orchestrated a campaign to discredit a Garda whistleblower, we will indeed be faced with an appalling vista.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has been accused of acting in “bad faith” by Independent Alliance ministers over a blazing row at Cabinet involving Minister for Transport Shane Ross.

If we are not careful we will be back where we started.

Former Justice Minister Alan Shatter will appear on the Late Late Show tonight, where he is expected to discuss his resignation.

A senior male garda in contention for the position of commissioner was one of several gardaí linked to beefing up arms finds and drug-running for criminals, according to Garda whistleblower claims revealed in the Dáil.

Alan Shatter has resigned as Minister for Justice.

A Garda whistleblower claims that hundreds of records of criminal offences were changed, erased, or falsified after being brought to the attention of senior management.

A high-profile victim of the Garda whistleblower cases, being examined by a Government-appointed barrister, has hit out at the process after learning she will not be interviewed.

Sinn Féin has been boosted by a drop in support for the Coalition.

A member of the Public Accounts Committee has called for the release of evidence given by a Garda whistleblower yesterday.

The Dáil’s Public Accounts Committee has agreed to go ahead with plans to hear from a Garda whistleblower in an agreement that saw off a potentially damaging split among its members.

The Dáil's Public Accounts Committee is proceeding with its investigation into penalty points.