Claire Guinan’s exhibition includes a new painting of Phil Lynott, writes Richard Fitzpatrick.

Yoyo Mahdy’s brilliant early goal maintained UCD’s revival as they frustrated Bohemians at the UCD Bowl.

Jason McClelland’s early winner ended depleted UCD’s 11-match losing streak.

Ronan Coughlan bagged a cool hat-trick as Sligo Rovers coasted to a 5-1 win over bottom of the table UCD at the Showgrounds.

Kevin Toner’s first-half winner stretched St Patrick’s Athletic unbeaten run to four games as they dominated at the UCD Bowl.

As Aslan’s set climaxed with This Is, chants of “Olé, Olé, Olé,” rang around the Marquee in appreciation.

Goals from Karl Sheppard and Graham Cummins made it two from two under interim manager John Cotter for Cork City.

A second-half implosion saw Cork City fall to their fifth league defeat of the season away to UCD last night.

New Ireland call-up Jack Byrne scored twice as leaders Shamrock Rovers left it late to overcome a spirited UCD side at Tallaght Stadium.

The Rás Tailteann, the of blue ribband of Irish cycling, will not be raced this year.

The State’s financial watchdog has said former Garda commissioner Martin Callinan made comments about Sergeant Maurice McCabe along the lines that he was “not to be trusted” and had questions to answer over alleged “sexual offences”.

Diary records show that former garda commissioner Nóirín O'Sullivan was in London on the day a garda HR executive says she attended a meeting, after which he was told they were “going after” whistleblower Sgt Maurice McCabe.

Christy Dignam opens up about his regrets on fatherhood and the ongoing impact of sexual abuse he suffered at six-years-old in a new documentary.

Garda whistleblower, Sergeant Maurice McCabe, has expressed concern at plans by senior members of the force to unite behind one legal team at the tribunal investigating an alleged smear campaign against him.

The extent to which a “clique of HSE managers” conspired to cover up the Grace foster abuse sex scandal will be investigated in the commission of inquiry after the Government was forced to change the terms of reference.

Under Dáil privilege, Fine Gael TD John Deasy claimed senior HSE and Tusla officials covered up, and continue to cover up, the Grace foster abuse scandal. His full speech is published below

The mother of a second girl repeatedly raped in the foster home at the centre of the Grace case has said her daughter must be included in the Commission of Inquiry into the scandal announced yesterday.

Today’s publication of the Conal Devine and Resilience Ireland reports after years of repeated legal blockages is a vital step towards finding out who is responsible for what happened to Grace and other vulnerable children who were in State care.

The HSE has again contacted senior gardaí for clarity on whether it can publish two reports into allegations of serious sexual and physical abuse at a partially State-funded foster home.

The HSE will today tell the Government if it will publish two detailed reports into serious foster home abuse which is set to be examined by a state inquiry amid repeated cover-up claims.

Disabilities Minister Finian McGrath will meet attorney general Máire Whelan on Thursday to discuss the draft terms of reference for the state inquiry into alleged foster-care abuse.

A senior HSE manager tried to sack the whistle-blower who revealed the Grace foster abuse scandal in a detailed legal letter which was proven to involve entirely “fabricated” claims.

HSE boss says it ‘wouldn’t be fair’ to force staff to step aside amid inquiry into foster home abuse claims

The HSE is missing vital files explaining why a decision to remove ‘Grace’ from an abusive foster home in 1996 was ignored after one of the alleged abusers contacted the Department of Health.

Senior officials in the HSE and State Child and Family Agency Tusla linked to the ‘Grace’ foster abuse scandal should temporarily step down pending the outcome of the imminent State inquiry into the controversy, it has been claimed.

The woman known as Grace and 46 other intellectually disabled boys, girls, men, and women who went through a Waterford foster home have been denied justice for far too long.

A long-delayed state inquiry into the ‘Grace’ foster abuse scandal is set to begin within weeks after an independent report into the controversy was finally published last night.

The author of the State-sanctioned report into the Grace foster abuse scandal, senior counsel Conor Dignam has called for the now imminent commission of inquiry into the case to include a series of specific issues.

An independent State report into the 'Grace' foster abuse scandal has found the HSE failed to properly investigate claims of cover-up, writes Fiachra Ó Cionnaith and Daniel McConnell of the Irish Examiner.

The families of those involved in the ‘Grace’ sexual abuse case have reacted angrily to news that the HSE has failed to co-operate properly with a state investigation.

The barrister charged with compiling a report into allegations of sexual abuse against a disabled woman, ‘Grace’, in a Waterford foster home expressed “serious concerns” about the HSE’s co-operation with his report.

The Workers' Party has hit out at Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary's comments at Fine Gael's fundraiser last week.

The report into allegations of sex abuse against an intellectually disabled girl at a Waterford foster home will now not be handed into Government until the end of August.

Six months after plans were announced to set up a State inquiry into the ‘Grace’ abuse scandal, the case still faces delays, writes Political Reporter Fiachra Ó Cionnaith

Plans to set up a state inquiry into alleged sexual abuse at a HSE-supported foster home have been delayed yet again, after the author of an independent report asked for more time to finish his work.