WHEN is it acceptable to use the dead to make a political point, asks Michael Clifford

If the Government believed it could spin the scrapping of universal health insurance (UHI) as anything but an embarrassing and damaging U-turn, in the Dáil yesterday it was told in no uncertain terms the PR strategy had failed.

The Tánaiste Joan Burton has signalled a Commission of Investigation into Nama could take place if the Public Accounts Committee found there were issues.

The guns may be silent most days now, but monsters, dinosaurs, and ghosts are everywhere, writes Gerard Howlin