A politician, in the first “right to be forgotten” case in an Irish court, claimed he had been banded in a similar category as members of ISIS on a website.

Historian Diarmaid Ferriter has criticised the ‘baptism barrier’ in Irish national schools, calling it a dark stain on the country’s conscience.

A water charges protester who dug up a water meter on the pavement outside his home and sent it to Irish Water with an invoice, has claimed before the High Court the plastic cover installed over the meter was unsafe.

A decision in an appeal by retired solicitor Brian O’Donnell and his wife Dr Mary Patricia over a finding they are trespassing on the former family home is expected before the end of next week.

Solicitor Brian O’Donnell and his wife have been granted an extension until 2pm next Thursday by the Court of Appeal to challenge a High Court direction ordering them to vacate a property on Gorse Hill.

Solicitor Brian O’Donnell claims he and his wife have paid €700m to banks worldwide but Bank of Ireland is the only one to have “persecuted us for five years”.

A bid by the adult children of solicitor Brian O’Donnell to prevent a bank-appointed receiver taking over the family home was rejected by the High Court yesterday.

A solicitor turned billion euro property investor is facing eviction from a mansion on one of Ireland’s most exclusive addresses after a judge refused a last minute plea from his family to halt a repossession.

A High Court judge wants evidence as to what has been happening at a house in Killiney, Dublin, after he was told solicitor Brian O’Donnell has barricaded himself inside it to prevent a bankappointed receiver taking it over.

The adult children of solicitor Brian O’Donnell have been told by the Supreme Court they must leave their Co Dublin luxury home next month so it may be taken over by a bank-appointed receiver.

I FIRST met a Protestant when I was 12. My family had moved that year to a town where there were a number of them. There were rumoured to be a few in my hometown, as well, down in the “deep south”, but nobody my age.

Richard Fitzpatrick reveals some books that are certain to cause a stir this spring.

A High Court judge has made orders requiring members of bankrupt Seán Quinn’s family to disclose thousands of documents to a team appointed by a receiver for a decision on whether they are relevant to the Quinns’ assets and tax affairs.

A well-known traditional singer who claimed that the cover of a book written by historian Diarmuid Ferriter had depicted him as an alcoholic has settled his claim for damages.

Cork brothers Michael and John O’Flynn have told the High Court they would not be maintaining allegations of wrongdoing against four receivers appointed to their companies by Blackstone subsidiary Carbon Finance.

A short letter whose 11 words helped change the course of Irish history is to be sold almost 98 years after it severely curtailed the Easter Rising.

Ireland manager Mick Kearney’s fascinating insight into a magical Six Nations climax in Paris.

Recently, as the anniversary of Michael Collins’s death approached, a man decided to end his life in a fashion too horrific to detail here. The action was shocking but the outcome has become a commonplace in modern Ireland; suicide is now running at over 50% pre-crash levels.

Richard Fitzpatrick on two powerful men, operating on both sides of the Atlantic, who admired each other’s methods.

Diarmaid Ferriter’s new book on Ireland in the Seventies highlights the sporting influence on the nation’s culture, writes Michael Moynihan

Nama is seeking orders requiring former executive Enda Farrell and his wife to pay the legal costs of proceedings brought over his alleged “extensive” misappropriation of highly confidential data from the agency.

Diarmaid Ferriter’s Ambiguous Republic portrays an Ireland where change came very slowly. Alan Dukes wonders how much, if anything, has changed

The National Asset Management Agency has made further progress in identifying the recipients of highly confidential data, allegedly misappropriated from it by former executive Enda Farrell, the commercial court was told yesterday.

The chairman of the board of the National Museum has described as “cultural cannibalism” the decision by the Government to abolish the boards of the National Library and National Museum, two of the nation’s most cherished institutions.

A traditional singer is suing historian Diarmuid Ferriter, claiming the cover of the academic’s book on the pioneers depicts the singer as an alcoholic.

DIARMAID FERRITER won an unprecedented three Irish Book Awards with his book, Judging Dev, at the 2008 Irish Book Awards ceremony in Dublin yesterday.

CARBERY RANGERS handed out a drubbing to Bishopstown in the first round of the Evening Echo Cork SFC in Bandon last night.

FAR be it from me to cast aspersions on the historical bona fides of your esteemed columnist Diarmaid Ferriter.

A TOTAL of 88 households, representing 120 pupils, have signed up in support of legal action against an all-Irish teaching policy in a school in Dingle, Co Kerry, it was claimed yesterday.

A CALL was made yesterday for renewed efforts to resolve the long-running row arising from the Irish-only policy at a 470-pupil school in Dingle, Co Kerry.

I DISAGREE with most of what your columnist Diarmaid Ferriter had to say about Cardinal Connell (February 14).

DIARMAID FERRITER’S column headlined ‘American hero who threatens to wound a whole New generation’ (February 7) lambasted John McCain. Since when did you engage writers who could be from the Obama and Clinton campaigns to write opinion pieces?

I AGREE wholeheartedly with Fr Iggy O’Donovan’s view of Diarmuid Ferriter’s work and the job of historians (Letters, December 7).

THE managing director of Mercier Press, Clodagh Feehan, is upset that Diarmaid Ferriter’s major work, Judging Dev, has been circulated to the schools (Letters, December 5).

PARENTS of pupils starting school this week should tell their children to talk to them about bullying or other bad experiences to prevent such problems becoming worse, the National Parents Council-Primary has advised.

A RUSSIAN girl who must take a 80km round trip to school every day because her local school is all-Irish is being forced to pay €1,200 a year for the school bus.

A KERRY father is extremely worried about the educational future of his Russian stepdaughter, who could be forced to attend a school where all subjects are taught through Irish.

AS a public relations consultant and a business associate of Alastair Campbell’s, I wish to reply to your columnist Diarmaid Ferriter (July 19).

RTÉ lawyers have questioned how Independent Mayo TD Beverly Flynn can fund a costly constitutional High Court challenge when she has not paid “a red cent” of a €2.8 million legal bill owed to the national broadcaster.