A bill to liberalise the country’s abortion laws looks set to be declared “unconstitutional” by Attorney General Marie Whelan, the Irish Examiner can reveal.

Enda Kenny may have the full confidence of Cabinet but does he have the confidence of the rest of us? I doubt it. Any halfway logical person would accept that ex-Garda Commissioner Martin Callinan was being told to fall on his sword.

Enda Kenny does not emerge from the proceedings in a very flattering light, writes Cormac O’Keeffe

The Fennelly report found that Mr Kenny did not fire Martin Callinan, yet there remains a smell off the whole affair, writes Michael Clifford

An increasingly bitter dispute between judges and the Government has been defused after the Chief Justice Susan Denham secured agreement on a new mediation system.

An investigation into the handling of the Sophie Toscan Du Plantier murder case has been launched by the Garda Ombudsman.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny will travel to Berlin later this evening for talks with the German Chancellor about the long-term future of the European Union.

Fresh evidence in Ian Bailey’s fight against extradition to France for questioning over the murder of film-maker Sophie Toscan du Plantier will be heard at Ireland’s highest court today.

Finance Minister Michael Noonan has said he is confident the Irish people will pass a referendum on European treaty changes if one is required.

The Government is getting legal advice on whether Ireland needs a referendum on a new European treaty as part of a plan aimed at solving the debt crisis and saving the euro.

PLANS to release a report into the controversial deaths of three Irish soldiers have been put on hold.

Ireland’s new Taoiseach Enda Kenny has unveiled his new Cabinet with a shake-up of some Government departments.