Donald Trump's sexist attitude must be raised when he visits Ireland former Tánaiste Frances Fitzgerald has said.

By 2015, the department was being told by adopted people, campaigners, and even by its own regulatory body that a full-scale audit was needed, writes Conall Ó Fátharta.

Strike one for the little guy.

Sergeant Kevin Forde was awoken at 3.15am on July 6, 1985. The parish priest was knocking on his door.

It took the bravery of a group of ordinary citizens putting their heads above the parapet and taking on the State to get justice for Magdalene survivors, writes Conall Ó Fátharta.

A senior figure in Garda management claims that is what he was told by a colleague in the days before the O’Higgins commission began hearings in May, writes Michael Clifford.

The former Justice Minister will continue giving evidence at the Disclosures Tribunal today.

Former Tánaiste Frances Fitzgerald made a “conscious decision” not to interfere in the legal strategy being put forward at the O’Higgins Commission after receiving an email about it, the Disclosures Tribunal has heard.

Former tánaiste Frances Fitzgerald directly contacted the Garda commissioner in 2015 to raise concerns that issues relating to whistleblower Maurice McCabe were not being resolved.

Frances Fitzgerald’s appearance before the Disclosures Tribunal was delayed yesterday due to some more disclosures, writes Michael Clifford.

Former Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald said she made "a conscious decision" not to interfere after she was told that a legal argument had broken out between lawyers for the garda commissioner and whistleblower Sgt Maurice McCabe in 2015.

Another email to Frances Fitzgerald has emerged at the Disclosures Tribunal which referred to Maurice McCabe and the O’Higgins Inquiry.

Former justice minister Frances Fitzgerald received a hard copy of an email which detailed the legal strategy being taken by An Garda Síochána against whistleblower Sgt Maurice McCabe, the Disclosures Tribunal has heard.

The former private secretary of Frances Fitzgerald has told the Disclosures Tribunal that once you saw Maurice McCabe’s name on an email, you would ensure the Minister saw it as soon as possible.

The Disclosures Tribunal is examining attempts to cast aspersions on Sgt McCabe’s motives, writes Michael Clifford

n recent days it has emerged, through the Charleton inquiry disinterring, that former Garda Commissioner Nóirín O’Sullivan wrote to former justice minister Frances Fitzgerald suggesting a form of words, an all-for-one-and-one-for-all valediction that she should use in a Dáil statement to underline her support for An Garda Síochána and its senior officer.

Latest: The former Tánaiste has given a statement to the Disclosures Tribunal saying she had no recollection of an email sent to her while Justice Minister, outlining a strategy to discredit Garda Whistleblower Maurice McCabe.

Former Tánaiste and justice minister Frances Fitzgerald “made a mistake” in her handling of the Maurice McCabe email saga and she made the right decision to resign, Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe believes, writes Irish Examiner Political Editor,Daniel McConnell.

Former Tánaiste and justice minister Frances Fitzgerald “made a mistake” in her handling of the Maurice McCabe email saga and she made the right decision to resign, Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe believes.

Security correspondent Cormac O’Keeffe reflects on the revelations that damaged the reputation of Ireland’s policing and justice system during 2017

He commands the second-highest political position in the country and is leading fragile negotiations for Ireland which could affect and dictate the lives of generations to come.

The email accounts of former minister for justice Frances Fitzgerald and her political advisers were not examined in the recent trawl for documents relevant to the Charleton Tribunal.

The email accounts of former minister for justice Frances Fitzgerald and her political advisers were not examined in the recent trawl for documents relevant to the Charleton Tribunal.

There was what some might regard as a preliminary postmortem on Frances Fitzgerald’s ministerial career yesterday.

Frances Fitzgerald could be appointed as the head of Fine Gael's abortion referendum campaign as part of her return to front-line politics.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said he still believes former Tánaiste Frances Fitzgerald 'didn't do anything wrong'.

It took an extraordinarily long time, in political terms, for Frances Fitzgerald to finally announce that she would resign, suggests Alison O’Connor.

So did the decision by Frances Fitzgerald to stand down amount to the end of the drama or did it represent just the end of Act 3, Scene 4? As citizens of this State we need to know the answer.

You’d want to have had a heart of stone not to feel sorry for Frances Fitzgerald as she walked out of Leinster House on Tuesday, writes Victoria White.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has told the weekly Fine Gael party meeting in Leinster House tonight that he believes Frances Fitzgerald did nothing wrong and that she will be vindicated.

Latest: The Housing Minister has said the recent crisis may have brought Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael closer together.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan are under considerable pressure over their handling of the Maurice McCabe email scandal which claimed the scalp of Tánaiste Frances Fitzgerald who resigned.

There was a giddy atmosphere around the Dáil.

The Taoiseach strongly defended Tánaiste Frances Fitzgerald in spite of her decision to resign over a failure to act over a Garda management strategy to discredit whistleblower Maurice McCabe.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar may use the resignation of Frances Fitzgerald as Tánaiste as an opportunity for a wider reshuffle at Cabinet to embolden the party ahead of any general election.

It was her action, or inaction while in Justice that finally led to Frances Fitzgerald’s downfall, writes Elaine Loughlin

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar miscalculated by continuing to back his mentor Frances Fitzgerald, meaning the country was left on the brink of an election as he played a game of chicken with Fianna Fáil, writes Political Editor Daniel McConnell

Former Tánaiste Frances Fitzgerald says she wants to vindicate her name as she spoke publicly about her resignation over the controversial Maurice McCabe email saga tonight.

The Minister for Justice Charlie Flanagan has addressed the Dáil in the wake of the scandal which led up to Frances Fitzgerald's resignation as Tánaiste.

In case you haven't heard by now Frances Fitzgerald has resigned as Tánaiste.

Frances Fitzgerald promised a new era for policing when she assumed the justice portfolio in May 2014.

Whistleblower Maurice McCabe will forever be linked with some of the biggest names in Irish politics being brought to crisis point.

Frances Fitzgerald has resigned as Tánaiste after a week-long crisis over an email that brought the Government to the verge of collapse.

Frances Fitzgerald’s May 2015 McCabe scandal defence was last night left in tatters after new Department of Justice files showed that she was fully aware of “aggressive” tribunal attacks against the whistle-blower — and that her officials actively liaised with then-Garda Commissioner Nóirín O’Sullivan on how to avoid July 2015 media questions on the issue.