An urgent review has been demanded into how deaths in Direct Provision are handled after a transgender woman was buried without anyone she knew present.

The Government has dismissed attempts to amend the terms of reference of the Charleton investigation claiming it would further delay the “vital” work of the tribunal.

Sinn Féin Justice spokesperson Aengus Ó Snodaigh has called on the Government to drop its plan to build a super-prison at Thornton Hall.