Enda Kenny has denied he panicked and forced the resignation of former Garda Commissioner Martin Callinan over revelations of unlawful telephone recording systems at Garda stations.

We thought we had seen it all with Garda bosses’ treatment of whistleblowers. But then came the ‘Grace’ scandal and the appalling way the HSE treated those who spoke out, says Political Editor Daniel McConnell

John McGuinness, the former chairman of the Dáil’s Public Accounts Committee, has rejected criticisms of his decision to only reveal, last week, his secret meeting with ex-garda commissioner Martin Callinan.

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.

IN THE world of our Taoiseach Enda Kenny if you wake up with the head of a dead horse in the bed beside you the thing to do is take it to a taxidermist and have it stuffed and mounted, writes Alison O’Connor.