SOMETIMES, especially in the hurly burly of life, you forget what idealism looks like. And then you meet someone like Catherine McGuinness.

Amending Ireland's constitution to protect children's rights is the first step in moving away from the past failures of the nation, leading charities have claimed.

THE HSE last night apologised “unreservedly and unequivocally” to the six children at the centre of the Roscommon childcare care.

POLITICIANS in Wexford have been criticised for failing to voice support for victims of cleric abuse in the diocese of Ferns during a decade of public disquiet about the controversy.

The barrister appointed to lay the groundwork for an inquiry into clerical child sex abuse in the diocese of Ferns is expected to deliver his report to the Government within days.