The silence from Garda Commissioner Noel Conroy after the unprecedented condemnation of the force contained in the three most recent Morris Tribunal reports is simply astounding, if not unsettling.

THE fatal shooting of John Carthy in Abbeylara six years ago should never have happened.

The family of John Carthy today said it was too early to decide on whether to take legal action against the state over his fatal shooting by gardai in Abbeylara in 2000.

THE road to yesterday’s historic constitutional ruling began in a Tralee court two years ago when Judge Brian Curtin was acquitted of possessing child pornography.

JUDGE Brian Curtin’s Supreme Court appeal next Monday against the right of TDs and Senators to gather evidence of his alleged misbehaviour for the purposes of an impeachment motion will be heard by seven of the nine judges on the court.

COSTLY tribunals of inquiry are the only way important matters of public interest can be publicly investigated because the Government has abandoned the only viable alternative, Labour Party leader Pat Rabbitte has warned.

IT’S the kind of satisfaction rating that Bertie Ahern can only dream about now. Where once his popularity soared, it is now, as they say, plumbing the depths.

The Oireachtas committee investing the CIE mini-CTC scandal has adjourned indefinitely following last week’s High Court ruling that made such investigations illegal.