AS a 76-year-old Irish pensioner I am sickened but not surprised at the blatantly anti-semitic statements by the Minister for Foreign, Micheál Martin, concerning the tragic events surrounding the shipments heading for Gaza this week.

BY any standards, the contribution to political life in Ireland over many decades by the late Dr Conor Cruise O’Brien has been both enormous and controversial.

FOR more than 50 years the Irish public had no right to see official documents. The civil servants were effectively our masters — not public servants.

THE most disconcerting aspect of the Barron Report into the investigation of the Dublin and Monaghan bombings of 1974 was the discovery that material has gone missing from the files of the Department of Justice.

LAWYERS for former Fine Gael TD Liam Cosgrave have called on the Flood Tribunal to be halted over claims it has failed to adequately test the credibility of the evidence of Frank Dunlop.

The Flood Tribunal has turned down an application by counsel for former TD, Liam Cosgrave Junior, seeking all details of allegations made by Frank Dunlop regarding payments to politicians.