GARDAÍ had already conceded a month after the funeral of Kerry republican John Joe Sheehy that they would not be able to prosecute those who appeared in paramilitary uniform and fired shots at the ceremonies.

The “Black Diaries” of Roger Casement should be destroyed when they are eventually exposed as fakes, it was claimed today.

ARTS Minister John O’Donoghue was last night accused of failing to get a grip on €35 million swallowed up by a historical database project which is 25 years from completion due to internal divisions.

There were aspects of the recent agricultural deals for which the Government negotiators should be congratulated. Ireland will receive €14 billion from the European Union’s budget over the next seven years, despite being one of the wealthiest member states.

The family of 1976 murder victim Seamus Ludlow should have been properly informed of this afternoon’s publication of a Government report into his death, Justice Minister Michael McDowell told the Dáil today.

The Government is spending over €5m a year on advisers and press officers.

The Government should create a new minister for immigration and ethnic issues to promote better policies in the area, it was claimed today.

CHILDREN inflicted most of the sex abuse on other children living in State-funded institutions, voluntary support worker Tom Hayes told the Child Abuse Commission yesterday.

THE first indications of the findings of the Nally Report into the Omagh atrocity will be revealed later today.