The High Court has approved a settlement worth €6.3m for 'Grace' , the young woman with intellectual disabilities who was left in the care of a foster family for 20 years despite physical abuse, gross neglect and possible sexual abuse.

The Taoiseach may claim he saved Ireland from recession, but 10 commissions, inquiries, and tribunals tell a different tale, writes Political Correspondent Fiachra Ó Cionnaith