An investigation has found that Monaghan County Councillor Hugh McElvaney breached ethics laws.

Decisions on whether to resuscitate an elderly patient, or how much chemotherapy to offer a patient with advanced cancer, present dilemmas in healthcare that should be supported, write Dr Louise Campbell and Dr Joan McCarthy

The Social Democrats have today published reform proposals to make lobbying activities and government decisions more open and accountable.

If I live to be 100 I will never forget that first time hearing my baby’s heartbeat while having a scan. It was, and remains, the best sound ever.

The State’s ethics watchdog has confirmed that it has brought prosecutions against those who have failed to abide by lobbying laws.

Frontline gardaí will consider legal options if the Garda Commissioner pursues disciplinary proceedings against members for falsifying breath tests.

At the rate we’re going, there will soon be a false breath test for every man, woman, and child in the country.

An Olympics ethics body and Irish corporate enforcers are among the groups that will examine the critical report into alleged ticket touting in Rio.

Plans for a standalone course to teach primary pupils about world religions and ethics may be hampered by a law that gives a school patron tight control on what can be taught.

Republicans have moved to severely limit the Office of Congressional Ethics, the independent body created in 2008 to investigate allegations of misconduct by legislators after several bribery and corruption scandals sent members to prison.

A top Russian official has called upon state-owned arms producers to introduce an ethics code in order to battle alcohol abuse in the workplace.