Maurice McCabe tried to have details of the DPP’s decision not to prosecute him on a sexual assault complaint released to colleagues and family of the complainant in order to clear his name but senior gardaí refused to support his efforts.

Aung San Suu Kyi has given an assurance that hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslim refugees who have fled Myanmar will be allowed to return, a British Foreign Office Minister has said.

Cristiano Ronaldo has arrived at a Spanish court to answer questions as part of an investigation to determine whether the Real Madrid footballer committed tax fraud.

Leo Varadkar became Ireland’s 14th different head of government earlier this month. Here, Ryle Dwyer assesses the legacies left behind by the Taoiseach’s predecessors.

Peter Charleton, who will chair the inquiry into the alleged smearing of a garda whistleblower, believes that lies underpin evil, says Dan Buckley

Residents in Cork are being warned that consequences will be grave if they choose not to allow the erection of the €140m flood defences planned for the city.

A GP service that closed its clinics owing money to patients and staff has relaunched under a new name.

Revenues at the Irish arm of specialist travel company Trailfinders last year increased by 12% to £67.5m (€78.8m), new figures show.

There are too many children going to bed hungry, Health Minister Leo Varadkar said yesterday when he launched a national survey of schoolchildren’s health behaviour.

Google has been ordered to remove nine links to news stories by Britain’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) under the “right to be forgotten” ruling.

Cutting-edge technology at Sonitus Systems is helping to revolutionise the noise monitoring sector, writes Trish Dromey.

Emergency legislation will be introduced in the Dáil next week to close off a legal loophole which has threatened to allow motorists escape penalty points.

A youth employment website designed by teenagers to help their peers find work and build their own business has been launched.

There are fears that Educate Together national office may have to significantly reduce their services to schools due to a lack of funding.

As Ashya King’s parents were reunited with their son in a Spanish hospital yesterday after being released from prison on Tuesday, they claimed they had been treated like terrorists.

The union representing students in the largest university in the country has dipped its toes into the corporate world, presiding over a million euro business in its first year.

Irish Water cannot be “gold-plated”, Social Protection Minister Joan Burton warned as she renewed criticism of the semi-state monopoly.

Pre-tax losses narrowed dramatically at the Cork Opera House last year €852,282 to €180,070.

Europe’s powerhouse Germany will likely lose further momentum at year-end as its economy is now feeling the affects of the eurozone debt crisis and a global slowdown, the Bundesbank said yesterday.

The Department of Justice is looking into extending the terms of detention for suspects of white collar crime, according to Justice Minister Alan Shatter.

The holders of thousands of commercial mortgages and loans may have overpaid millions of euro in interest because Bank of Ireland does not automatically cut standing order payments when interest rates fall.

Europe’s human rights judges are unlikely ever to reveal whether or not British Home Secretary Theresa May was right to say that Abu Qatada’s appeal was made too late, MPs heard today.

Five lawyers each received fees in excess of €250,000, last year, through their work for the Chief State Solicitor’s Office (CSSO).

One of the country’s largest engineering firms, the Roughan & O’Donovan Group, slipped into the red last year after revenues dropped by 13% to €14m.

The private office of Greek justice minister Miltiadis Papaioannou has been targeted in an arson attack a day after an attempted escape at a maximum security prison.

LITTLE Laura McDowell loves her jigsaws, her books, her toy kitchen and her aunt who gave her the gift of life.

THE only private hospital operating in Limerick city is set to expand by employing an additional 20% staff over the next three years.

THE British government is looking for ways to enable Britons to make donations to charities via ATM machines — one of its ideas to build a “Big Society”.

GREYHOUND RACING: The cost of the January and December snow blizzards to the general greyhound has been enormous and there is no let-up with many tracks losing out this week as the snows returned with a vengeance. Tonight’s meetings at Galway, Mullingar and Drumbo Park have been called off.

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An inquest into the death of a British company director whose firm supplied Tasers used during the stand-off with gunman Raoul Moat will open today.

THE Ladbrokes.com Irish Derby at Shelbourne Park is now trimmed to 24 runners from an original field of 144. Following a flying 29.42 last weekend, Tyrur Big Mike now heads the betting lists.

JUST one in four parents in Ireland admit smacking their children but there is still no widespread support for an outright ban on physical punishment, a new state-funded report reveals.

Luis Boa Morte has pledged his future to West Ham by signing a two-year contract at the Premier League club.

The Department of Foreign Affairs has confirmed there is a backlog of tens of thousands of passports waiting to be processed.

CONSERVATIVE leader David Cameron and his Liberal Democrat counterpart, Nick Clegg, both called on 10 Downing Street yesterday to look into allegations of bullying of staff.

THE US and Britain closed their embassies in Yemen yesterday in the face of al-Qaida threats, after both countries announced an increase in aid to the government to fight the terror group linked to the failed attempt to bomb a US airliner on Christmas.

THE Irish Examiner sent detailed questions on the two cases to the HSE, Five Rivers and Children’s Minister Barry Andrews.

With still two days to go before the deadline, the entry list for the Paddypower.com Irish Derby had reached 100 and the signs are that the final number will be very close to the ideal number of 144.

FARMERS in Dublin and Wicklow must be provided with a full District Veterinary Office service by the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Irish Farmers Association said yesterday.

THE Data Protection Commissioner has demanded an “urgent report” from the HSE into how hundreds of confidential hospital patient files could end up in a disused dump outside Cork city.