Four months after the Rescue 116 disaster off Black Rock fresh questions have been raised about when the company responsible for an onboard warning system were first alerted to shortcomings in the system, writes Ciara Phelan.

Gardaí who dealt with Adrian Crevan Mackin in the months before he murdered Garda Tony Golden are to be investigated on their knowledge of the risk he presented and whether they shielded him from prosecution.

A mother whose daughter died while driving a defective car has pleaded with road safety chiefs to overhaul the NCT system.

The abuse suffered by Áras Attracta residents could be happening elsewhere in the country, the head of a review into the Mayo care centre has said.

St Vincent’s Hospital in Dublin has been heavily criticised by the Oireachtas Health Committee for failing to appear before it in relation to serious allegations about its procurement practices.

Eight hospitals, five of them taxpayer-funded, are under investigation amid claims staff got gifts from a medical supplies firm in return for contracts and commercially sensitive information.

THE women of Ireland need to take part in a reproductive action, and by action I mean a stoppage. 

A Lebanese man who is suspected of murdering two Irish soldiers who were serving with the United Nations 34 years ago has been deported from the US.

The HSE has taken the first steps towards the possible installation of surveillance systems in its facilities to protect vulnerable patients in the wake of the Áras Attracta controversy.

The head of the HSE has been called to appear before the Oireachtas Health Committee tomorrow as pressure mounts on the Government to establish a full inquiry into the abuse of residents in care homes.

Last night’s shocking ‘Prime Time’ report on care homes ha s to prompt action on some long-needed reforms, writes Paddy Connolly

"WHEN I win this vote, I will go on to be Taoiseach," said a fiery Enda Kenny — to a roar described by one TD as being "as loud of those vuvuzela horns in South Africa" — as he delivered a rousing speech in a packed Leinster House meeting room, which saw off party rebels seeking to oust him.

A new opinion poll shows that more than three quarters of people support same sex marriage.

The Government has vowed to publish inspections of all creches in the coming weeks and to carry out a review of privately run childcare facilities.

Professional carers and home helps looking after elderly people and other vulnerable individuals at home must be regulated and subject to inspections, the Government’s independent legal advisers have warned.

UNDERCOVER Garda operations targeting the delivery of alcohol to underage children are being considered under new legislation.

ADOPTION groups have received a large surge in calls to helplines following revelations that hundreds of dead babies from mother and baby homes were dissected in universities.

HUNDREDS of dead babies from mother-and-baby homes across the country were dissected in Irish universities — without the knowledge or permission of their mothers.

CONCERNS have been raised over “care of the elderly” courses which are being offered by several private colleges nationwide as online “distance learning” opportunities.

ONE of the country’s top child law experts has called for mandatory minimum sentences for people possessing child pornography or engaged in the sexual grooming of children online.

RELATIVES of former patients at the controversial Leas Cross nursing home last night welcomed news of a Commission of Investigation focusing on the facility.

IRISH EXAMINER journalist Niamh Nolan yesterday won the Law Society’s justice award for daily newspapers.

MORE than half of doctors believe their fellow GPs are influenced by drug companies when prescribing anti-depressants, a survey has found.

THE Government is planning a green card system for highly skilled immigrants from outside the European Union, but the much maligned work permits will remain for low-paid workers.

A PATIENT lobby group is to request a change in legislation to prevent doctors struck off by the Medical Council practicing alternative medicine.

SOME investigations into alleged ill-treatment by gardaí are being undermined by the officers carrying out the investigation, the head of the Garda Complaints Board (GCB) said yesterday.

THE vast majority of complaints against gardaí cannot result in a prosecution because the investigations are not completed within the required time, the State prosecutor said yesterday.

BISHOP of Derry, Seamus Hegarty, has called on the Government to urgently establish a support agency for the Irish in Britain, many of whom suffer the effects of poverty, depression and alcoholism.

TÁNAISTE Mary Harney denied yesterday that Government ministers were aware of a VAT loophole which builders used to evade paying up to 1 billion in tax.