Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said that women wrongly excluded from the Magdalene Laundries redress scheme will be receive redress payments “without delay”.

Two former residents of An Grianán training centre will learn today if the High Court will allow them to be admitted to the Magdalene redress scheme. During the case, it was revealed that the Ombudsman was already formally investigating the scheme. Conall Ó Fátharta reveals the extraordinary nine-month row between the Ombudsman and the Department of Justice which could have far-reaching consequences for the scheme

What I do: Play the flute and talk a lot.

THE Cork autumn federation meeting was hosted by Ballyclough, a guild in north Cork which was formed in 1964.

We were sitting around the table last night with Emily and her friends. They were all in a panic: still so many presents to organise, no time, no money...