Former Garda commissioner Nóirín O’Sullivan has said she never sought to influence RTÉ coverage of the O’Higgins report into complaints from whistleblower Sgt Maurice McCabe, adding: “I have no idea how anybody could come to that conclusion.”

Former Garda commissioner Martin Callinan has told the Disclosures Tribunal that his use of the word “disgusting” before a public accounts committee hearing was “isolated and misconstrued” in media reports.

Sgt Maurice McCabe said the Garda culture makes it “extremely hard to speak out” and said that those who do are “certainly isolated and alone”.

Former tánaiste Frances Fitzgerald directly contacted the Garda commissioner in 2015 to raise concerns that issues relating to whistleblower Maurice McCabe were not being resolved.

An independent review initially considered adding an historic complaint against whistleblower Sgt Maurice McCabe to the terms of reference of the O'Higgins commission of investigation, but decided not to after reviewing the garda investigation files.

A garda witness has told the Charleton Tribunal that former Commissioner Nóirín O'Sullivan did not contribute to a document which outlined legal instructions to challenge whistleblower Maurice McCabe's motivation.

An attempt to introduce the Garda handling of an historic abuse allegation made against whistleblower Sgt Maurice McCabe at the O’Higgins Commission was made solely for the purpose of embarrassing the sergeant, the Charleton Tribunal has been told.

Twenty years on from the X case, the Government must act to bring certainty to abortion law, writes Jennifer Schweppe

The vast majority of voters support the decision by the courts to allow Miss D to travel to the UK for an abortion, according to an opinion poll published this morning.

HEALTH Minister Mary Harney confirmed yesterday that the Government would not be introducing legislation to overcome some of the issues raised in the Miss D case.

THE HSE seemed to have tried to “shoehorn” Miss D into an X case-type situation although it had no evidence that she was ever suicidal, Mr Justice McKechnie said.

PRO-LIFE group Youth Defence has claimed Miss D is being used by the pro-abortion lobby to further their agenda.

THE High Court decision to grant a 17-year-old girl the right to travel to England for an abortion, was sensible and humane — and the right thing to do.

A RULING on whether on whether a 17-year-old pregnant girl can travel to Britain for an abortion will be made by a High Court judge tomorrow afternoon.

THE 17-year-old girl at the centre of the latest abortion controversy was refused an order by a District Court judge at the weekend allowing her to travel to Britain for an abortion.

Lawyers representing the rights of the unborn child in the Miss D case have said it is protected under the constitution until it dies.

The judge in the Miss D High Court case has said he will deliver a partial decision on Wednesday afternoon.

SPECULATION mounted last night over whether the High Court abortion case involving the pregnant teenager known as “Miss D” will go ahead.

IT took four days for the High Court to address the key question in the landmark hearing in which a pregnant teenager challenged the right of the Health Service Executive to try and prevent her travelling to Britain for an abortion.

THE “Miss D” abortion case has again highlighted the adolescent stage in which we, as a nation, are entrenched.

A GARDA Superintendent wrote to a HSE social worker last week and told him the gardaí had no power to stop the 17-year-old girl travelling to Britain for an abortion.

THE teenager at the centre of the latest abortion scandal told a psychiatrist she was happy with being pregnant and had “bought everything, including nappies” after she learned her baby would not survive, the High Court heard yesterday.

The High Court has heard from the girl at the centre of the 'Miss D' abortion case that she believes she should have the right to choose abortion.

It would be inhumane to force a pregnant teenager to carry her baby for nine months knowing it would die, the High Court heard today.

A pregnant Irish teenager whose baby is expected to die shortly after birth will stage a High Court challenge today against efforts to stop her travelling abroad for an abortion.

LAWYERS for the State will present opposing arguments in the High Court today on the right of a pregnant teenager in the care of the Health Service Executive (HSE) to travel to Britain for an abortion.

THE HSE has no legal power to direct the gardaí to restrain a person who is the subject of a care order, the High Court heard yesterday.

Taoiseach Bertie Ahern, says he has no plans to amend Ireland's legislation on abortion in light of the latest challenge being taken in the High Court.

The State has no power to stop a teenage girl travelling to Britain for an abortion, the High Court was told today.

A 17-year old girl who is four months pregnant with a foetus suffering from a condition which means a major part of its brain is absent has brought a High Court case seeking to challenge directions by the HSE stopping her travelling outside the State for an abortion.