Liam Herrick lists eight stumbling blocks to ensuring human rights and equal treatment can become a reality here and how they can be easily fixed

Any disciplinary action against gardaí implicated in allegations of systematic licencing law abuses made by a garda whistleblower could take years.

The Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission says an investigation into allegations centering on the supplementary register in Kerry is still ongoing.

The Garda whistleblower who claims there is systemic abuse of licensing laws in Munster is quitting the force.

Figures indicate State use of spying laws fell after a landmark High Court judgment, but their use as an intelligence tool continues, say Security Correspondent Cormac O’Keeffe.

Revenue inspectors are looking into claims by a Garda whistleblower about the systemic abuse of the pub-licensing laws in Munster.

The driver - a man in his late 20s - was seriously injured when the van he was driving veered off the road and struck a tree. He died later in hospital.

We take a trip down memory lane and check out what happened on this day in years gone by by looking back at some Irish Examiner front pages and highlighting other events which went down in history across the world.

The Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (Gsoc) has opened a public interest investigation into the prosecution of a brother and sister for allegedly producing false sick notes.

Two garda inspectors are challenging disciplinary sanctions against them after they were found to be in neglect of duty in relation to the investigation into claims by a woman that her foster brother sexually abused her in the 1960s and 1970s.

A full inquest into the death of Mark Hennessy, who abducted and killed Jastine Valdez in Co Wicklow, will take place later this year.

The Director of Public Prosecutions has ruled that no charges should be brought against a detective who fatally shot Mark Hennessy, the man who abducted and murdered Jastine Valdez just over a year ago.

No disciplinary proceedings should be taken against two gardaí after a firearm was lost in Dublin city centre last year, says the Garda watchdog.

The civilian Garda employee who was prosecuted over sick notes has called for a full inquiry into how she and her GP brother were investigated and brought to court.

The Government is to make changes to help families who are left in “limbo” when a relative goes missing.

The Government is to make changes to help families who are left in "limbo" when a relative goes missing.

A disgraced ex-garda who sexually assaulted a sleeping woman after a charity event has lost an appeal against the severity of his two year prison sentence.

Before former PSNI officer Drew Harris was appointed Garda commissioner last September there was, at best, a mixed reaction from within the force to the idea of an outsider leading it — especially one who had not navigated the rites of passage studded along the road from Templemore to the Phoenix Park.

The garda watchdog is examining the circumstances surrounding the death of a man after an incident at the Midland Regional Hospital in Mullingar.

Gardaí said they are "investigating all the circumstances" surrounding the man's death and are not seeking anyone else in relation to the incident.

The Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (GSOC) has been notified.

Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan has sought a report from the Garda Commissioner in relation to the circumstances surrounding a fatal road collision in Co Monaghan, in which a garda was also seriously injured.

One of the ways you know that the phoney war that precedes every election is ending is that budget kite-flying begins to hint at largesse.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar is open to holding a public inquiry into claims that repeated Garda failures to arrest a Lithuanian man who later killed an Irish man in a hit-and-run have been covered up.

Last year was the “worst year on record” for public bodies failing to make a decision in time on freedom of information (FoI) requests.

The effectiveness of the Policing Authority has been constrained by uncertainty of the respective oversight roles between it and the Minister for Justice, according to the head of the Garda watchdog body.

Sentencing of pop singer Rihanna's former security chief for harassing a garda with threatening text messages has been postponed pending a Garda Siochana Ombudsman Commission (GSOC) investigation into his arrest.

A Corkman claimed two gardaí threw him down the front steps of the Bridewell Garda Station but CCTV showed one guard holding the front door and advising him to be careful of the steps.

Mark Toland has taken up his appointment as Chief Inspector of the Garda Síochána Inspectorate, it was confirmed today.

It is entirely unclear whether Gsoc is legally entitled to access any communication, writes Michael Clifford.

A rape victim's new address was disclosed to her attacker after it was accessed through the garda computer system, the High Court has heard.