Former Minister of State for Primary Care Róisín Shortall has described the lack of gestational time limits in the proposed abortion bill, in cases where the woman is suicidal, as "abhorrent".

Former Minister of State Ivor Callely has been released from Garda custody today.

Former Minister of State Ivor Callely received almost half the total donations made to all Irish politicians last year, it emerged today.

A special Government envoy for the Tsunami disaster is to depart tomorrow on his first visit to the devastated south Asian region.