IF YOU want to see where the HSE gets its money from, it’s all there in the book of estimates. You can find it easily enough on the web — just click on www.finance.gov.ie, and look under ‘Financial and Economic Information’.

FOR more than 50 years the Irish public had no right to see official documents. The civil servants were effectively our masters — not public servants.

The Government launched its National Women’s Strategy 2007-2016 yesterday.

TODAY the Government will be called to account for the 100 women murdered in Ireland during the lifetime of the current coalition.

THE Fianna Fáil/Pegressive Democrat coalition has presided over many a fiasco, but its treatment of victims of sexual assault and violence is particularly shameful.

JUST one-in-four disabled people has a job and those with disabilities are three times more likely to leave school early, according to a report launched yesterday.

DUBLIN County Council conducted the business developers wanted done rather than being driven by regard for the wellbeing of the people, former Labour member Eithne FitzGerald told the Mahon Planning Tribunal yesterday.

DISABLED people are calling for urgent action to help them become more involved in society, after a new report shows that many disabled people are poorer, less educated and in worse health than others.

FIANNA FÁIL is again shamelessly engaging in political prostitution. This time, the party is inviting people to pay €4,500 to join an exclusive club of party contributors.

A lack of accessibility continues to hamper the social lives of many disabled people in Ireland, according to the National Disability Authority.

MINISTERS will be warned about abusing their office for party political gain after Taoiseach Bertie Ahern yesterday admitted two of them had recently stepped out of line.

THE scale of new charges for Freedom of Information (FoI) appeals could act as a disincentive to those considering an appeal, Information Commissioner Emily O’Reilly warned yesterday.

Former Labour Party Junior Minister Eithne Fitzgerald has announced her retirement from politics.

Labour is campaigning in Dun Laoghaire and South Dublin today.

Arrests arising out of cases of domestic violence in Ireland have fallen by 12% in the past five years, according to figures released by Women’s Aid.

The 10th anniversary of the X case is being marked with protest on O'Connell Bridge in Dublin today followed later by a rally and march from Parnell Square to the GPO.