The Government and An Garda Síochána look set to be dragged into yet another damaging policing crisis after Taoiseach Enda Kenny confirmed that the release of the Fennelly report into phone-tapping is due within days.

The treatment of Ian Bailey by the State continues to raise the question of whether the Irish justice system is susceptible to political interference.

Tensions are growing between Labour and Fine Gael as the Taoiseach refuses to rule out a November election.

Enda Kenny listed the key findings of the Fennelly Report in the Dáil yesterday but questions remain about the whole affair, writes Cormac O’Keeffe

A Government decision to turn a Dáil debate on the Fennelly Commission and Taoiseach Enda Kenny into a motion of confidence in the Coalition has been deemed a “PR whitewash”.

Former justice minister Alan Shatter has refused to say if Taoiseach Enda Kenny and under-fire attorney general Máire Whelan have his full confidence after the Fennelly report revelations.

Renua Ireland leader Lucinda Creighton has written to Garda Commissioner Noirín O’Sullivan to insist “potential criminal wrongdoing” involving her predecessor Martin Callinan’s destruction of files and a missing mobile phone SIM card must be examined immediately.

Renua Ireland leader Lucinda Creighton is to make a formal complaint to gardaí over revelations that potentially vital files belonging to ex-Garda commissioner Martin Callinan were destroyed before they could be examined by the Fennelly report.

IN THE world of our Taoiseach Enda Kenny if you wake up with the head of a dead horse in the bed beside you the thing to do is take it to a taxidermist and have it stuffed and mounted, writes Alison O’Connor. 

The crisis-hit Department of Justice is facing a second year with no permanent senior civil servant at its helm as candidates run scared of taking over the job.

The past 15 months have seen a lot of change in the justice sector, writes Frances Fitzgerald.

The Fennelly Commission was set up in the midst of a string of controversies to dog Enda Kenny, the justice minister, and the gardaí and so we have to look at the political context of everything that’s flowed from it, writes Michael Clifford

The apparent contradiction in her evidence to the commission adds an extra layer of questions over the phone tapping issue and alleged failures of communication that meant garda commissioner Martin Callinan and Justice Minister Alan Shatter were unaware of the scale and seriousness of what had taken place.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny said the Fennelly Commission report clears him of allegations that he sacked the former Garda commissioner, Martin Callinan.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny is expected to today receive a long-awaited independent report into the retirement of former Garda commissioner Martin Callinan, potentially putting his position at risk.

Fianna Fáil has called on Taoiseach Enda Kenny to immediately publish the long-awaited independent investigation into the controversial departure of ex-garda commissioner Martin Callinan due to the “serious nature of the issues involved”.

A long-awaited independent investigation into the retirement of Garda commissioner Martin Callinan will be given to Taoiseach Enda Kenny on Monday.

Former Kilkenny hurler Kevin Fennelly has launched a scathing attack on the present championship structure, calling for the provincial format to be discarded.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has again refused to answer questions about the report into the Garda commissioner’s resignation and to set out events leading up to his controversial departure.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has refused to confirm reports that he was recalled by an inquiry over conflicting evidence on events leading up to the resignation of Martin Callinan as Garda commissioner.

The decision to indefinitely delay the publication of the report into whether the former Garda commissioner is treating the electorate with disrespect, writes Michael Clifford

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has claimed opposition calls for him to use parliamentary privilege to finally explain what caused the sudden retirement of ex-garda commissioner Martin Callinan are an “utterly disgraceful” attempt “to undermine” the independent investigation into the case.

The Taoiseach’s much touted interview on Prime Time clashed with EastEnders, but the Fennelly inquiry and the ongoing saga of the former garda commissioner show Kenny’s better-suited to crime dramas

The Fennelly inquiry into covert recordings of phone calls in and out of Garda stations may not finish its work for another two years, the Irish Examiner has learned.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has made a written submission to the Fennelly Inquiry on events leading up to the resignation of the former Garda commissioner, Martin Callinan.

The Taoiseach has made a written submission to the inquiry looking into the departure of Former Garda Commissioner Martin Callinan and the secret recording of phone calls.

The Taoiseach must come clean on why he sent a senior civil servant to do his "dirty work" and effectively give former garda commissioner Martin Callinan his P45, opposition TDs have insisted.

How can the French police continue to investigate Ian Bailey while a Supreme Court judge probes allegedly illegal activity by the gardaí over the case, asks Special Correspondent Michael Clifford

The Public Accounts Committee is set to write to the Gardaí and the Irish Prisons Service asking for information about their phone recording systems.