EDDIE SHAW was clearly very disillusioned with politicians when he decided to step down in November, some six weeks before the end of his term as Chairman of the National Safety Council (NSC).

The failure to deliver on an agreement between the Departments of Justice and Health, to facilitate a faster transfer of mentally ill prisoners to hospital, is resulting in them being denied crucial treatment.

FIFTY FIVE EU directives, some from as far back as four years ago, have not yet been transcribed into Irish law, latest figures reveal.

THE breathtaking hypocrisy of a Government that likes to see itself as a champion of the cause of the Special Olympics was underlined yesterday when Justice Minister Michael McDowell snubbed a Dáil probe into why the Coalition is blocking a crucial UN treaty on the rights of disabled people.

Opposition parties have demanded that the Government provide the necessary funding to enable the implementation of the penalty points system.

Road hauliers held talks with a Government representative this morning to discuss the increase in fuel duty in this week’s budget.