The Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore has said the row between the Government and the Judiciary is something that should not be conducted in public.

The Taoiseach is being called on to intervene to avert a full blown constitutional crisis arising out of a row between the Justice Minister Alan Shatter and the Judiciary.

A coroner was today appointed to the fresh inquest into the deaths of the 96 victims of the Hillsborough disaster, and pledged to open the inquiry as soon as possible.

The Taoiseach Enda Kenny has called for Yes votes on the two referendums due to come before the people of Ireland on October 27.

A ceremony to honour the Irishmen and women who died in past wars, or on service, is being held in Dublin today.

A ceremony is being held in Dublin today to mark the National Day of Commemoration.

The Department of the Justice and the judiciary have reportedly resumed talks on new laws which would see the establishment of a judicial council.

A leader of the incoming Democratic Congress, business travellers and privacy advocates have expressed outrage over computerised “terror score” assessments.

The head of the Council of Europe’s legislature today warned that Saddam Hussein’s death sentence would send a “dangerous message to the region”.

A SYSTEM of hostels, halfway houses and support projects for offenders will be set up as an alternative to custody, according to Justice Minister Michael McDowell.

THERE could hardly be a more chilling insight into the spiral of violence now ravaging the country than yesterday’s observation

EXULTANT Republicans, who won control of the Senate, House and White House yesterday, plan to use their famous victory to bolster President George Bush's re-election chances with further tax cuts and ratification of his judicial nominees.