Taoiseach Enda Kenny faced damning personal accusations over his handling of the Garda commissioner’s resignation with claims he lacks honesty and has twisted the facts.

Enda Kenny should have faced an Oireachtas committee over the Callinan scandal, writes Michael Clifford

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

The apparent contradiction in her evidence to the commission adds an extra layer of questions over the phone tapping issue and alleged failures of communication that meant garda commissioner Martin Callinan and Justice Minister Alan Shatter were unaware of the scale and seriousness of what had taken place.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny is expected to today receive a long-awaited independent report into the retirement of former Garda commissioner Martin Callinan, potentially putting his position at risk.

A long-awaited independent investigation into the retirement of Garda commissioner Martin Callinan will be given to Taoiseach Enda Kenny on Monday.

The Fennelly inquiry has told the highest levels of government that any leaks of its interim report on the resignation of the garda commissioner constitute an offence and that recipients have a month to reply to findings. 

Draft copies of the report into events leading to the resignation of the former garda commissioner are to be circulated to individuals including Taoiseach Enda Kenny this week.

PHANTOMS and faint hearts dominated another week when Ireland’s political leaders left reality behind them. Taoiseach Enda Kenny had one of his conveniently frequent encounters with a nameless soul who just happened to present him with the perfect political metaphor to justify his unpopular policies.

Opposition leaders have accused Taoiseach Enda Kenny of trying to hide behind a non-existent law in a bid to evade questions about his role in the departure of former Garda commissioner Martin Callinan.

The decision to indefinitely delay the publication of the report into whether the former Garda commissioner is treating the electorate with disrespect, writes Michael Clifford

The Taoiseach and Tánaiste are reporting "90% progress" on their commitments in the Programme for Government.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has been accused of attempting to bury the independent report into why ex-garda commissioner Martin Callinan suddenly retired last year.

Two ex-gardaí have reportedly claimed they witnessed unauthorised bugging of witnesses’ homes and at other locations as far back as 1992.

The inquiry into the resignation of former Garda commissioner Martin Callinan will finish its report at the end of March.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has indicated the report of a judicial inquiry into the departure of former garda commissioner Martin Callinan would be published in the “not too distant future”.

HOW do you solve a problem like the public? That’s the dilemma for the Taoiseach, Enda Kenny, as he faces into a seriously challenging political year.

The final round of interviews for the next Garda commissioner began yesterday with interim police boss Noirin O’Sullivan the first among three candidates being grilled by an expert panel.

The Fennelly inquiry into covert recordings of phone calls in and out of Garda stations may not finish its work for another two years, the Irish Examiner has learned.

The public will have to wait until next year to find out about the circumstances leading to the resignation of former Garda Commissioner Martin Callinan, and the role of Taoiseach Enda Kenny, who dispatched a senior official to his home the night before he stepped down.

Labour leader hopeful Alex White said he stands over claims that the former Garda commissioner was fired, despite the Taoiseach saying he "does not accept" the junior minister’s "assertion".

Ian Bailey’s legal team has given the minister for justice and Garda commissioner seven days to stop assisting a French investigation into the death of Sophie Toscan du Plantier or else face High Court proceedings.

A garda claimed that phone calls to and from a key witness in the Sophie Toscan du Plantier murder investigation were taped on purpose.

The public is entitled to know the full facts surrounding the resignation of the Garda Commissioner last month, Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore has said.

An inquiry into the recording of phone calls at Garda stations will cost at least €2m and could cost much more if it does not complete its work by the end of the year.

The probe into the Garda phone-taping scandal and the investigation into the Sophie Toscan du Plantier murder is expected to get under way within weeks, with its terms of reference going before the Dáil today.

The Garda Ombudsman has said it will proceed with its investigation into Garda treatment of Ian Bailey, even though a new judicial inquiry has been tasked with a similar job.

An inquiry into phone recordings at garda stations was widened to include the entire investigation into the death of Sophie Toscan du Plantier following a written request from Ian Bailey to the Taoiseach.

An inquiry into the taping of phone calls at garda stations could hold its hearings behind closed doors, after the Government refused to dictate whether it should be privately or publicly conducted.

By any estimation, a demanding seven months ahead for Mr Justice Nial Fennelly.

How can the French police continue to investigate Ian Bailey while a Supreme Court judge probes allegedly illegal activity by the gardaí over the case, asks Special Correspondent Michael Clifford

An inquiry into the taping of phone calls at garda stations across the country will examine the broader issue of whether there was any “unlawful or improper” conduct by the gardaí investigating the death of Sophie Toscan Du Plantier 18 years ago.

The Public Expenditure Minister said the terms of reference for the Garda Tapes inquiry will be published today - and will address all of the public's concerns.

Enda Kenny has admitted he “should have been told” about a letter former Garda commissioner Martin Callinan sent to the Department of Justice warning about the Garda bugging scandal.

The Taoiseach is being urged to ensure the phone bugging inquiry examines the resignation of the Garda commissioner as well as the management of correspondence in the Department of Justice.

Claims that Garda Commissioner Martin Callinan was forced from office should be investigated by the high-level probe into the bugging scandal, the Oireachtas Justice Committee has told the Taoiseach.

Terms for an inquiry into years of secret taping of phone calls to and from Garda stations are expected to be widened to include the recordings of conversations of prisoners with their lawyers.

The Supreme Court Judge, Mr Justice Nial Fennelly, has been appointed to chair the Commission of Investigation into the practice of recording phone conversations at garda stations.

The Supreme Court has cleared the way for implementation of a survival scheme for key companies of construction giant SIAC after dismissing a last-minute challenge by the Polish Roads Authority to the scheme.

Two childcare workers who claim they were defamed in an RTÉ Prime Time programme about creches have secured Supreme Court orders directing RTÉ to give them copies of recordings of the programme in the format shown to some parents prior to the broadcast.

A man who slapped, punched, and threw a 10-month-old baby in what was described as a “truly horrific” case of child cruelty has had his three-year sentence increased to the maximum of seven years following a successful appeal by the DPP.

A man who slapped, punched and threw a 10-month-old baby in what was described as a "truly horrific" case of child cruelty has had his three-year sentence increased to the maximum of seven years following a successful appeal by the Director of Public Prosecutions.

A man jailed for life for the murder of his neighbour is seeking to bring an appeal against his conviction to the Supreme Court on the grounds legal issues of exceptional public importance are involved.

A Dublin couple who were given a wholly suspended sentence for storing over half a million euro worth of cannabis in their home must wait to learn if their sentence will be increased.