An Irish family facing deportation from Australia have asked for public support as their visa ends on June 18.

A Dublin couple who emigrated to Australia a decade ago could be deported because their application for permanent residency could mean taxpayers there may have to pay for their son's cystic fibrosis treatment.

The Government's plan to split the Justice Department in two has been slammed as "farcical".

The scandal hit department of justice is to be split into two, but will remain under one minister, the Taoiseach has said.

WHEN apartheid was introduced in South Africa in 1948, racial discrimination became official government policy. Apartheid was often referred to in government pronouncements as ‘separate development’.