Former TD and minister Ivor Callely will not have to return to prison following the State’s decision to allow him enhanced remission on the prison sentence he received for fraudulently claiming Oireachtas expenses on forged mobile phone invoices.

An exhumation will take place shortly in the grounds of Cork Prison in the hope of discovering and identifying the remains of War of Independence volunteer Thomas Kent.

Events of recent days, weeks and months have shown how very important it is to have a reliable and utterly trustworthy justice system.

PRISONERS at a midlands prison have to travel more than 50 miles for psychiatric assessment because the local hospital will not treat them.