Sinn Féin TD for Waterford David Cullinane has offered an apology to people who were offended by the “Up the Ra” comments he made at a party function after being elected.

From defending crime bosses in the real world to writing about them in a fictional one, Michael O’Higgins gives us an authentic take on policing and the law, writes Cormac O’Keeffe

From Kavanagh country to a TV career, comedian Oliver Callan has found satire to be anything but stoney ground, writes Richard Fitzpatrick.

MARGARET THATCHER was the most forceful and influential post-war British prime minister.

April 6-12

The councillor who tabled a motion in the chamber of Athlone Town Council requesting the removal of a piece of artwork from a gallery in the town has said that the piece is "offensive to those who served in the Defence Forces".

Ireland's top judges will rule today if a former Sinn Féin hunger striker-turned-property tycoon should go back behind bars for breaking court orders.

A former IRA hunger striker who was questioned in April about the theft of sensitive security documents from a top security police station could be a Sinn Fein candidate in the next Assembly election, it emerged today.

Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams has arrived in Cuba, where will meet Fidel Castro during the four-day visit.