Senior figures have hit back at claims key Áras staff members are having their access to President Michael D Higgins blocked by an aide.

A breach of the pay cap for two special advisers to President Micheal D Higgins had been approved by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform.

THERE has been a fall in public support for the rights of people with intellectual disabilities to marry and have children, according to research to be launched next month.

The National Disability Authority is drafting ethical guidelines for those involved in research with disabled people.

AMERICANS living in Ireland staged an anti-war demonstration outside the US embassy in Dublin yesterday.

The Government is to launch a two-month consultation process to generate proposals for the provision of services for the disabled.