Irish survivors of abuse will join international academics and activists in Boston today for a major conference on transitional justice.

I was on co-commentary duty with RTÉ yesterday for the game in Limerick, which the Treaty won impressively. As a result I had to make do with watching the Cork-Clare game on TV, writes Donal O’Grady.

Catherine Corless forced an official inquiry, but it seems that the HSE had already been aware of some of the disturbing allegations about Bessborough and Tuam for some time, writes Conall Ó Fatharta.

A veteran republican charged in connection with the IRA's murder of Jean McConville is not medically fit to stand trial, a court has heard.

More than €25m has been paid out to just over 680 Magdalene Laundry survivors under the redress scheme.

A US academic wrote to the UN in 2013 claiming material relating to the Magdalene Laundries called parts of the McAleese report “into question on a number of rather serious fronts”.

An academic who had access to one diocesan archive reports accounts of physical abuse and medical neglect and argues that the files are not accurately reflected in the McAleese Report into the Laundries, writes Conall Ó Fátharta.

US President Donald Trump is delaying the release of some files related to the John F Kennedy assassination that were due to come out on Thursday.

Latest: A man who stabbed two women to death at Marseille's main railway station had been arrested and released the day before the attack, French officials have said.

Prosecutors in Northern Ireland intend to proceed with legal action involving a veteran republican charged in connection with the murder of Jean McConville, a lawyer told a court.

The McAleese inquiry into Magdalene laundries was informed in 2012 about “disturbing” infant death rates in excess of 50% at the Tuam Mother and Baby Home.

A judge has given lawyers for a veteran republican charged in connection with the murder of Jean McConville a week to hand over medical notes related to a dementia diagnosis.

A veteran republican charged in connection with the IRA murder of a mother of 10 is to undergo medical examination to determine whether he is fit to plead.

Lee Corso didn’t make the journey to Dublin this time but the veteran ESPN analyst could hardly contain himself on TV when he was asked for his memories of the original ‘Emerald Isle Classic’, played in a very different Lansdowne Road, back in 1988.

Lee Corso didn’t make the journey to Dublin this time but the veteran ESPN analyst could hardly contain himself on TV this week when he was asked for his memories of the original ‘Emerald Isle Classic’, played in a very different Lansdowne Road, back in 1988, writes Brendan O’Brien of the Irish Examiner.

Education Minister Richard Bruton has announced appointments to the first board of the Educational Research Centre (ERC) — 10 months after it became a statutory agency.

Veteran republican Ivor Bell will stand trial for involvement in the 1972 murder of mother of 10 Jean McConville, a judge in Northern Ireland has ruled.

Update:The wheelchair-bound veteran loyalist Winston "Winkie" Rea has been released on bail after appearing in court charged with two Troubles murders.

A veteran loyalist has been charged with two murders allegedly committed during The Troubles.

WHEN Baroness Nuala O’Loan was Northern Ireland’s Police Ombudsman between 1999 and 2007 she was a positive, unflinching agent for change.

The banking inquiry has paid almost €400,000 to barristers and solicitors for external legal advice, and racked up large bills for catering, taxis, and expert fees.

The ’Boston Globe’s’ probe into the cover-up of clerical child sex abuse in Massachusetts has made it to the big screen, writes Michael Clifford

Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams will not be prosecuted in connection with the IRA murder of Belfast mother of 10 Jean McConville.

A US court decision two years ago was the catalyst behind the arrest of Gerry Adams over the murder of Jean McConville. In 2001, Boston College, Massachusetts, began an oral history project aimed at documenting views on the Troubles.

Simpler and faster, changes are most substantial to Catholic marriage annulment laws since 1700s

The Aviva Stadium is to host another American Football game in 2016 — four years after it last welcomed gridiron teams to Dublin.

A review of gender equality among third-level staff is to recommend ways to improve women’s representation at senior academic levels.

Prosecutors in Northern Ireland have been given a final deadline to decide whether to pursue a case against a veteran republican accused of involvement in the murder of Jean McConville.

President Michael D Higgins yesterday joined Britain’s Prince Charles and Turkish president Tayyip Erdogan at commemorations to mark the 100th anniversary of the First World War battle on the Gallipoli peninsula.

Cork legend Larry Tompkins has offered a damning assessment of the modern game, labelling it “cotton wool football” and calling for an urgent overhaul.

Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams has re-ignited controversy over his role in the Troubles by stating he never pulled a trigger, ordered a murder, or set off a bomb.

The PSNI has reportedly won the right to listen to Boston College's taped interviews with loyalist Winston "Winkie" Rea.

Croke Park Stadium Director Peter McKenna has revealed his ambition to make Croke Park the home of American college football despite the failure to secure a profit from last August’s ‘Croke Park Classic’ — but the dream of bringing the NFL to Jones Road has faded.

Appearing before the banking inquiry this week, the expert who coined the term ‘zombie banks’ was full of ideas, writes Kyran Fitzgerald

A leading academic has described as astonishing the politics that led to the 2008 bank guarantee which covered the country’s six biggest financial institutions.

Four social justice organisations are now calling for the inquiry into mother-and-baby homes to be widened to include Magdalene laundries and county homes.

A close look at Sean Sherlock, Alan Kelly and Michael McCarthy

A former IRA prisoner is suing Boston College for handing over parts of his "Belfast Project" interviews to the PSNI.

Seán Bronson rightly notes that the arrest of Gerry Adams in relation to the killing of Jean McConville "should highlight the lopsided version of the Troubles as depicted in the mainstream media" (Letters, May 6).

Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams has made a formal complaint to the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) about certain aspects of his “interrogation” while he was detained in connection with the murder of IRA victim Jean McConville.