Former Fine Gael TD Monica Barnes has died at the age of 82.

THE sister of John Carthy, who was shot dead by gardaí at Abbeylara more than a decade ago, has said an Oireachtas inquiry would never have been sufficient to investigate the killing.

There are pros and cons to granting full investigative powers to Oireachtas committees, writes Regina Hennelly

A seven-member Oireachtas sub-committee has been set up to deal with the garda report on the Abbeylara siege.