Cavan maintained their grip on top spot in Division 2 of the Allianz Football League with a deserved three-point win away to Cork, writes Stephen Barry.

The body set up to plot the direction of policing will meet this week, amid claims that the Government is unsupportive of its work.

The Ceann Comhairle, Sean O'Fearghaíl, has announced the establishment of an expert forum on Dáil privilege.

There can be little doubting the credentials of many of those on the new policing commission.

Kildare 2-14 Cavan 2-12

Summerhill College will face Roscommon CBS in the Connacht Colleges Senior A football final after both schools upset big names to reach the decider.

AS the McNulty farce sadly reminded us this week our relationship with accountability or transparency could hardly be described as natural or embracing.

Alan Shatter backed the wrong horse when whistleblower Sgt Maurice McCabe made serious allegations about Garda conduct and has paid the ultimate price, writes Michael Clifford.

Junior health minister Alex White has rowed in behind suggestions the Justice Minister Alan Shatter should “correct” the Dáil record over controversial comments he made about a Garda whistleblower.

A review of the Garda Ombudsman’s powers is unlikely to be completed before the watchdog begins its own investigation into the cancellation of penalty points by gardaí.

An ex-garda ombudsman has said concern over garda knowledge of sensitive GSOC inquiries triggered the move to carry out a surveillance sweep at the commission’s headquarters in Dublin.

After almost two days of mounting speculation and wild accusations of a shadowy spying operation on the Garda Ombudsman came a statement clearing the Garda Síochána of responsibility.

An Oireachtas committee is to contact the Garda Ombudsman, calling on it to make a formal statement on dramatic reports its offices have been bugged.

SERGEANT Maurice McCabe was driving home to Cavan on Monday afternoon when he got the call. A superior officer informed him that a letter of support from senior Garda management was on its way to him.

There are “serious flaws” in legislation relating to gardaí, including how the concerns of whistleblowers in the force are addressed, the former Garda ombudsman commission member Conor Brady has warned.

Oireachtas committees have shown how very feeble our parliament’s powers of investigation are. They have also shown how very independent some arms of State — and some agencies at an arm’s length from direct State control — perceive themselves to be.

Tomorrow is the 30th anniversary of Charlie McCreevy’s sensational motion to oust the then taoiseach Charles Haughey. Ryle Dwyer examines the traumatic events

A Kerryman has been appointed as editor of the Irish Independent newspaper in the first of a round of changes at Independent News & Media.

ENCOMPASSING all the art forms, as well as food-themed events and debate, Kinsale Arts Festival (Jul 7 to 15) really has something for everyone.

A Detective Garda has gone on trial accused of dangerous driving and unauthorised taking of an unmarked Garda car which was involved in a collision in Dublin in 2010.

THE possibility that Newgrange could have a second passage tomb, which may also be aligned with a solstice event, is being explored by a team of Irish and Slovakian archaeologists who are using ground breaking technology.

The Garda Ombudsman has said an investigation into the so-called 'Corrib Rape Tape' will be complete before the end of the summer.

ONE of the most outstanding journalists of her generation, Geraldine Kennedy announced yesterday she is to step down as editor of the Irish Times.

AGRI AWARE has won the 2010 Agricultural Journalism Awards for Incredible Edibles.

OVER 2,000 complaints were made by members of the public to the Garda Ombudsman Commission last year.

Nine Garda officers were prosecuted last year for offences including assault, perverting the course of justice and false imprisonment, it was revealed today.

CONCERNS were raised again yesterday regarding government appointments to powerful public bodies.

THE Irish Council for Civil Liberties has criticised the Government for appointing a retired senior civil servant as head of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (GSOC).

A MAN who became ill during a Garda raid died from cocaine, alcohol and lignocaine intoxication during restraint, an inquest heard yesterday.

ABOUT 3,000 complaints were made to the Garda Ombudsman Commission in its first year of operation — including the deaths of 17 members of the public.

THE Garda Ombudsman Commission is one of the most progressive police monitoring systems in the world and soon to be copied by other western democracies.

THE country’s highest-ranking female garda is one of the key speakers at a policing conference in Waterford tomorrow.

ST VINCENT'S (Dublin) 2-8 TYRRELLSPASS (Westmeath) 0-7, Cusack Park

THE Garda Ombudsman Commission has hit out at the Garda Representative Association (GRA) for comments it made about the watchdog in its official journal.

The jury in the inquest into the deaths of two raiders shot by an armed garda will resume deliberations today.

THE Dublin City Coroner yesterday launched a stinging attack on the newly established Garda Ombudsman Commission.

AN inquest into the death of two raiders shot dead by elite gardaí was dramatically halted yesterday after the Garda Ombudsman revealed it was investigating one of the killings.

THE new Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission will investigate the controversial death of a young man who was fatally injured in Lucan last March after being struck by a car driven by an off-duty garda.

Up to 1,000 people will attend debates hosted by the Labour Party’s election candidates as part of a national conference examining issues raised by voters.

The Labour Party’s national conference this weekend will focus on finding solutions to voter gripes on health, crime and traffic.

THE Garda Ombudsman is holding discussions with garda associations and garda management in a bid to set up a system to informally resolve the bulk of complaints it receives.

THE Garda Ombudsman yesterday confirmed it could review the internal garda investigation into the shooting of an armed man by officers in Gort, Co Galway.

TAOISEACH Bertie Ahern effectively launched the General Election campaign yesterday — and made it clear it would be the longest one in history.

Fianna Fáil’s annual think-in begins in Co Mayo today.