The CervicalCheck scoping inquiry has been severely hampered by the failure of state bodies to supply it with legible documentation, leading to accusations of deliberate obstruction.

Today and tomorrow, survivors of the Magdalene Laundries will be feted in the Mansion House and welcomed to Áras an Uachtaráin, says Charlie Flanagan.

A mentally ill woman has been given a suspended sentence for holding a knife to her mother’s throat in a fit of jealousy after she found out her successful sister was coming home from Canada.

A Dunnes Stores sales assistant who was injured when a heavy tray of bread loaves fell on her at work, has been awarded €15,000 damages in the Circuit Civil Court.

The Garda commissioner said the appointment by the Government of 28 senior garda managers will “help to address the critical vacancies” in the organisation.

A mentally-ill woman held a knife to her elderly mother’s throat in a fit of jealousy after she found out her successful sister was coming home from Canada, Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has heard.

Some 624 women held in Magdalene laundries have to date received a lump sum payment of more than €23m under a government redress scheme.

Gardaí in Dublin are again on high alert after a brother of a murdered dissident republican leader died last night following a gun attack.

The Department of Health says it continually monitors the HPV cervical cancer vaccine following concerns about possible adverse reactions. Some 861 cases have now been reported to the health authorities.

A chronic gambler who stole over €832,000 from clients while he worked in Dublin as a Canada Life agent has been jailed for four and a half years.

A drug dealer has raised with a circuit court judge the issue of yesterday’s Court of Appeal ruling that the illegality of certain drugs is now unconstitutional.

Just 72 of the almost 500 Magdalene survivors who have accepted redress will get the maximum amount of €100,000.

Magdalene campaigners and human rights groups have hit out at the Government’s legislation as “unacceptable, unfair and full of broken promises”.

Justice for Magdalenes has strongly criticised draft legislation that deals with the entitlements of those given compensation for their suffering in the laundries.

An extensive critique of the McAleese Report into the Magdalene laundries could be published by the year end, according to the Justice for Magdalenes (JFM).

Survivors of Magdalene laundries will begin to receive enhanced pensions and weekly top-up payments from the Department of Social Protection in the coming week, as part of the redress package designed by Mr Justice John Quirke.

Justice for Magdalenes Research says justice not only requires prompt provision of compensation, pensions, healthcare, and other benefits, but also the truth about what happened in the laundries

Taoiseach Enda Kenny is planning to accompany President Michael D Higgins on part of his groundbreaking three-day official State visit to the UK this year.

The Government has appointed a judge to assess the possibility of an ex gratia compensation scheme for the estimated 300 women who were affected by the barbaric symphysiotomy procedure carried in a number of Irish hospitals from the 1920s to the 1980s.

A Government-agreed compensation scheme for women who worked in a Magdalene laundry has been rejected by the campaign group Magdalene Survivors Together.

Some survivors of the Magdalene laundries will be paid tax free compensation before Christmas, it has been revealed.

Nearly 700 Magdalene Laundry survivors who have so far applied for compensation payments will begin to receive funds under a government scheme in the next few weeks.

The Department of Justice has failed in its attempt to coax money from the Magdalene Laundry orders after opting not to drawn on 12 years of almost identical experiences of another department.

Arts and Heritage Minister Jimmy Deenihan last night said progress was being made in resolving the vexed, illegal turf-cutting row.

Magdalene Laundry survivors plan to protest outside the provincial headquarters of a religious order which has refused to contribute to the State’s redress scheme.

Religious congregations have a moral obligation to contribute to a fund to support survivors of the Magdalene laundries, Justice Minister Alan Shatter said.

After decades of being ignored, survivors of the Magdalene Laundries have finally been offered a compensation scheme by the State for their years of slave labour.

Survivors of Magdalene Laundries are to be paid up to €100,000 as part of a Government redress scheme worth €58m.

The Justice for Magdalene's Research group said that it broadly welcomes the publication of the Magdalene Commission Report by Mr Justice John Quirke today.

Survivors of Catholic-run workhouses will be paid up to €100,000 as part of a Government compensation scheme.

The details of the compensation scheme for the survivors of the Magdalene Laundries will be published today.

A commission of inquiry into State involvement in the Magdalene Laundries should still be established by the Government because the focus of the McAleese report was too narrow, a leading human rights group has claimed.

Justice Minister Alan Shatter has roundly defended the McAleese Report into the Magdalene Laundries saying it was “an independent, comprehensive factual account”.

One of the groups representing survivors of the Magdalene Laundries has said it will not take part in any truth and reconciliation forum the Government might set up as part of a redress scheme.

The Department of Justice has said it has received the report about a potential redress scheme for survivors of the Magdalene laundries.

Survivors of the Magdalene Laundries will today meet the man responsible for advising Government on the level of compensation due to them.

Almost 500 survivors of Magdalene Laundries have applied to be included in the planned compensation fund.

The Justice for Magdalenes group has lodged a complaint with the UN Committee Against Torture, saying it is concerned that the Government has not complied with the committee's recommendations.

The first of the Magdalene advocacy groups is to meet Mr Justice John Quirke on Tuesday to discuss the redress scheme for survivors of Magdalene Laundries.

The Government is refusing to say what contributions it will seek from religious orders for a fund being established for victims of the Magdalene laundries.

Payment of compensation to survivors of the Magdalene Laundries will be made on a ex-gratia basis without establishing any liability on behalf of State bodies.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny’s intimation that former residents of the Bethany Homes and Summerhill Training Centre may also be included in a redress scheme, much like that for the Magdalene women, will be applauded.

Up to 200 women contacted the Department of Justice for information on the Magdalene redress scheme in the 24 hours after the Taoiseach made his groundbreaking apology to the women for the State’s role in their hurt.