When I read that skeletal remains, indicating an infant “on its left side”, lie in a structure that was probably designed for sewage, in the former grounds of the Mother and Baby home in Tuam, I feel sick.

Two parts of Ireland have official designation as dark sky reserves and are being marketed to star-gazing tourists, writes Donal Hickey

THE provision of a tap and a toilet is all it will take to call off impending High Court challenges that could cost the taxpayer up to €5 million in legal bills, a solicitor representing Travellers said yesterday.