Cabinet is today expected to sign off on the establishment of a new cross-party committee to look at the long-term future of the health system.

THE Government yesterday pledged to step up its efforts on child protection, but was warned not to forget recommendations drafted in the aftermath of last year’s constitutional crisis.

The Taoiseach has caved in to Opposition pressure and abandoned plans for an All-Ireland Oireachtas forum involving Northern Ireland MPs, it was claimed today.

GAY people should not be allowed marry because it would “fly in the face of God” and recognise “evil practices,” an Oireachtas committee heard yesterday.

OPPOSITION parties are to table a joint Dáil motion next week in a bid to force the Government to postpone the controversial citizenship referendum until after June's local and European elections.