CHANGES to the Constitution which would enshrine the rights of the child would also cease discrimination on grounds of parents’ marital status and open the way for thousands of children in the care system to be adopted.

REPORTS of budget cuts in the country’s largest hospital for sick children were rejected yesterday by the chief executive of the Health Service Executive, Prof Brendan Drumm.

A new initiative to encourage the public to take part in the works of the Dáil is to be launched today.

CIRCUIT Court Judge Brian Curtin has been awarded substantial costs of his unsuccessful legal challenge to the procedures adopted by the Oireachtas which could lead to his removal from office.

CIRCUIT Court Judge Brian Curtin has lost his Supreme Court challenge to an Oireachtas inquiry, which could lead to his removal from office if allegations of possession of child pornography are proved to be true.

Banks should face fines of up to €50m for breaches of financial rules, an Oireachtas Committee revealed today.

GARDAÍ were aware, some months prior to Judge Brian Curtin’s appointment in 2001 as a Circuit Court judge, of “electronic transmissions” and the “matters now being investigated” by a Joint Oireachtas Committee set up to investigate the judge’s alleged misbehaviour, the Supreme Court was told yesterday.

The Irish banking sector is not competitive enough and consumers are paying too much for financial services, an Oireachtas report said tonight.

Executives at Knock Airport today urged the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport to support calls for a €15m Government investment at the airport.

INSURANCE premiums must drop by a third within two years to ensure value for money, a high powered Dáil body has concluded.