Recordings of calls by several gardaí who had key roles in the Sophie Toscan du Plantier murder investigation show they considered altering and suppressing evidence to bolster their case against Ian Bailey.

After many inquiries but it is now clear they are for political expediency, not the greater good, says Michael Clifford.

Latest: An Garda Síochána have welcomed Judge Nial Fennelly’s report into phone tapping at Garda stations, saying it brings "clarity".

The Fennelly Commission report into the mass recording of telephone calls in Garda stations for decades has found the practice was not lawful, but no criminal cases were significantly affected by the practice.

TANÁISTE Joan Burton has accused opposition parties of being trigger-happy in seeking commissions of inquiry ‘into anything and everything.’

Fianna Fáil is making an attempt to invite the Attorney General into the Seanad to speak on the Fennelly report.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny faced damning personal accusations over his handling of the Garda commissioner’s resignation with claims he lacks honesty and has twisted the facts.

Ministers have backed Taoiseach Enda Kenny as he faced down accusations of being dishonest and dodging questions about his role in the resignation of the Garda commissioner.

Enda Kenny should have faced an Oireachtas committee over the Callinan scandal, writes Michael Clifford

Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams has hit back at Enda Kenny's claim that Opposition parties are "playing games".

The Government will today table a motion of confidence in itself in the Dáil, after criticism over the events outlined in the Fennelly Report.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny’s role in the departure of Garda commissioner Martin Callinan was “at the very least, improper” and paid “scant regard” to legal and political norms, says a legal expert.

A Government decision to turn a Dáil debate on the Fennelly Commission and Taoiseach Enda Kenny into a motion of confidence in the Coalition has been deemed a “PR whitewash”.

“Do they think we are stupid?”

Enda Kenny may have the full confidence of Cabinet but does he have the confidence of the rest of us? I doubt it. Any halfway logical person would accept that ex-Garda Commissioner Martin Callinan was being told to fall on his sword.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has refused to comment on a poll which found just one in 10 people believe his version of why former Garda commissioner Martin Callinan retired.

Only for the extraordinary consequences of ensuing events, we would never have been any wiser, writes Gerard Howlin

“Contradictory” Fennelly interviews with Taoiseach Enda Kenny, the attorney general Máire Whelan, and others, must be immediately published to clarify concerns over the retirement of the former Garda commissioner Martin Callinan.

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald says authorities need to examine Fennelly report revelations that former garda commissioner Martin Callinan shredded up to 10 bags of “personal” files and was unable to provide a SIM card to his official work phone after retirement.

As Alan Shatter knows only too well, receiving a public vote of confidence from Taoiseach Enda Kenny is no good thing if his back is against the wall.

The president of the Garda Representative Association has said it is still their position that former Garda Commissioner Martin Callinan was forced out of office.

The body representing rank-and-file gardaí has said it still believes former commissioner Martin Callinan was removed from his office through political interference.

Renua Ireland leader Lucinda Creighton is to make a formal complaint to gardaí over revelations that potentially vital files belonging to ex-Garda commissioner Martin Callinan were destroyed before they could be examined by the Fennelly report.

Having read the full 350-page Fennelly report, in which the Taoiseach and the Attorney General take a pasting, Cormac O’Keeffe concludes that it is clear politics took over from due process

Labour has insisted attorney general Máire Whelan must not be made a “scapegoat” for the Fennelly report crisis.

IN THE world of our Taoiseach Enda Kenny if you wake up with the head of a dead horse in the bed beside you the thing to do is take it to a taxidermist and have it stuffed and mounted, writes Alison O’Connor. 

The Fennelly Report this week showed up how badly An Garda Síochána was being mismanaged. The Coalition has no appetite for justice reform, writes Clare Daly

Renua leader Lucinda Creighton has said that she will contact the Garda Commissioner Noirin O'Sullivan regarding the recent Fennelly Report.

A Labour Minister has said that it "would have been better" if the Taoiseach met the former Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore before a civil servant was sent to Martin Callinan's house.

Government ministers have closed ranks to defend Taoiseach Enda Kenny from growing opposition calls for his resignation, backing the Fine Gael leader’s claim the Fennelly report has cleared him of any wrongdoing.

The shredding of “personal papers” belonging to former Garda Commissioner Martin Callinan has led to calls for more robust laws on the retention of documents.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny is facing the prospect of two motions of no confidence and may be forced to recall the Dáil a fortnight earlier than planned as the Fennelly Report fallout threatens to engulf the Coalition.

The crisis-hit Department of Justice is facing a second year with no permanent senior civil servant at its helm as candidates run scared of taking over the job.

A vastly different culture in An Garda Síochána was heralded with the new commissioner but has yet to materialise, writes Mick Clifford

The extent to which former justice minister Alan Shatter was excluded from top-level talks on the phone recording controversy was due to his perceived closeness to the former Garda commissioner, according to independent TDs Clare Daly and Mick Wallace.

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald has said she has full confidence in Attorney General Máire Whelan despite criticisms of her following publication of the Fennelly Report.

Mark Kelly observes little sign of the ‘sea change’ promised in justice and policing

The past 15 months have seen a lot of change in the justice sector, writes Frances Fitzgerald.

THE row over the Taoiseach’s handling of the premature retirement of former Garda Commissioner Martin Callinan is, in many ways, a diversion from the urgent need for major root and branch reform of the Garda Siochána and our criminal justice system in general.

Enda Kenny should bring the Dáil back early from its summer recess to debate the findings of the Fennelly report.

Enda Kenny is facing two motions of no confidence over the findings of the Fennelly report.

The Attorney General Maire Whelan has the "full confidence" of the Taoiseach and the Minister for Justice Frances Fitzgerald, the Minister said today.

Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin has confirmed his party will table a motion of no confidence in the Taoiseach when the Dáil resumes later this month.

The Fennelly Commission has "debunked" the Opposition's claim that the Taoiseach sought to sack the Garda Commissioner, Leo Varadkar has said.