A watchdog has warned exam chiefs not to repeat the same mistakes when refusing support for children with dyslexia, poor eyesight or literacy problems.

Here’s a briefing on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com today

The Department of Children and Youth Affairs has no record of how many pupils with disabilities take up options to extend or delay their use of Government-funded pre-schooling.

A Police Ombudsman investigation into the Omagh bombing which killed 29 people will be published imminently, it was revealed.

Children’s Ombudsman Emily Logan has been widely welcomed as the new head of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission.

The head of the Garda Ombudsman has said questions remain unanswered over fears that his offices were bugged.

Alan Shatter backed the wrong horse when whistleblower Sgt Maurice McCabe made serious allegations about Garda conduct and has paid the ultimate price, writes Michael Clifford.

Enda might still abandon Mick and Ming

The Government’s rush to demand explanations from the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission as to why it didn’t tell them of its concerns that its offices were bugged is another example of the Coalition’s attempts to deflect attention away from its own responsibilities.

Ombudsman Emily O'Reilly has said that emigration is not always the worst option for young people.

OMBUDSMAN Emily O’Reilly says publishing details of investigations into complaints shows how the free, independent service can help people put a wrong to right.

OMBUDSMAN Emily O’Reilly branded HSE care for the elderly as chaotic, ad hoc and confusing during her speech at the MacGill Summer School in Glenties, Donegal.

THE current crisis in the Catholic Church and the state is also a time of real opportunity, former Ombudsman of the PSNI, Nuala O’Loan, said yesterday.

NAMA has started to transfer the first tranche of €10 billion in loans from Anglo Irish Bank at a discount of 55%.

OMBUDSMAN Emily O’Reilly is to appear before an Oireachtas committee later this month to discuss her clash with the Department of Agriculture over a compensation proposal to a family whose loved ones were lost at sea.

GARDA Commissioner Fachtna Murphy has rejected suggestions that the force was not up to pursuing clerical child sex abuses cases.

WHETHER the four senior Catholic churchmen who yesterday publicly supported the embattled Bishop of Cloyne would have done so if they had been aware of allegations made public just last evening is questionable.

THE review of 39-year-old school bus catchment areas could cause more problems than it solves, Education Minister Batt O’Keeffe has been warned by his officials.

A MASSIVE investigation is under way by Irish and British authorities, into the trafficking of people into Ireland for the purpose of sexual exploitation.

Ombudsman Nuala O’Loan will reveal today the findings from her probe into the first fatal shooting by the Police Service of Northern Ireland.

OMBUDSMAN Emily O’Reilly has described as “disturbing” a recent study that highlighted the lack of consultation with a patient’s family when deciding whether or not to attempt resuscitation.

Almost 15,000 requests were made to elicit materials from public bodies under the Freedom of Information Act last year, it was confirmed today.

FINANCE Minister Brian Cowen has acknowledged publicly for the first time that the €15 fee introduced for Freedom of Information applications has contributed to the dramatic fall in requests from the media.

CHILDREN, particularly the most vulnerable and disadvantaged, are being placed at risk by the government's failure to amend the Constitution, according to child and legal experts.

CHILDREN, particularly the most vulnerable and disadvantaged, are being placed at risk by the government's failure to amend the Constitution, according to child and legal experts.

IT would appear the Freedom of Information Act (FoI Act) is used by the Fianna Fáil-Progressive Democrats coalition to maintain a cloak of secrecy around sensitive areas, rather than act as an instrument of transparency for the public.

THE Constitution is denying the rights of over 2,000 foster care children to belong to a family, it was claimed yesterday.

PUPILS must be given a voice in the development of school behaviour policies, Children’s Ombudsman Emily Logan said at the weekend.

Taoiseach Bertie Ahern faced fresh pressure tonight to release a report his Government commissioned on the Omagh bomb after a County Donegal policeman was cleared of six corruption charges.

LOCAL authorities are slow to enforce planning laws because they are afraid of losing cases if they end up in the courts, Ombudsman Emily O’Reilly said yesterday.

“THE original Freedom of Information Act may have been winded but hasn’t yet been stretchered off the pitch,” Ombudsman and Information Commissioner Emily O’Reilly told a UCC conference at the weekend.

JUSTICE Minister Michael McDowell has been criticised by relatives of those who died in the Omagh bombing for his failure to release at least a summary of a report into allegations that gardaí failed to act on intelligence that might have helped prevent the atrocity.

The State’s watchdog, Ombudsman Kevin Murphy, has said complaints to his office increased by 19% last year.