Dozens of previously high-profile politicians are waking up to the reality today that they are no longer TDs after a second successive general election saw a seismic shift in the Dáil landscape.

The cleaned-up penalty points system has passed its first real test by the body set up to keep an eye on it, but there are still areas of concern, writes Michael Clifford

He has cashed in on his fighting career and now Conor McGregor’s success could be turned into hard currency.

The Department of Defence has confirmed that it has received a report into allegations that some Air Corps inspectors tasked with certifying the repairs and modifications carried out on the force’s aircraft are not qualified to sign off on the works.

Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams is under significant pressure to retract his support for convict Thomas ‘Slab’ Murphy from across the political divide.

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald has been urged to open up a fresh investigation into the garda penalty points crisis, after Dáil claims that officers are still having points illegally wiped out 18 months after the scandal emerged.

A vastly different culture in An Garda Síochána was heralded with the new commissioner but has yet to materialise, writes Mick Clifford

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald has started reviewing the recommendations of a major independent review of garda misconduct complaints and will soon begin writing to the people involved.

The new Garda chief is facing demands to withdraw an “outrageous” advertisement for a qualified human rights assistant on the controversial JobBridge scheme.

The interim Garda commissioner said the force is investigating claims that the IRA moved alleged sex abusers across the border into the Republic.

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald reacted to the report’s criticisms by announcing measures to address some of the main failings identified.

Two brothers from Co Donegal have been told they have 48 hours to leave the county by a group claiming to be dissident republicans.

The use of Shannon Airport by the United States and how it impacts on Ireland's neutrality will be at the forefront of discussions in Limerick this morning.

The Garda ombudsman is still awaiting word from the Government five months after it requested extra resources to conduct the first penalty points investigation.

The head of the Department of Justice, Brian Purcell, will keep his €200,000-a-year salary when he leaves the position following a report on how his department was run.

The top civil servant at the Department of Justice is to step down after the publication of a damning report into the running of the Department.

Sinn Féin will launch its LGBT rights policy document later this morning.

A senior Department of Justice official has been accused of "stonewalling" a Dáil committee, after refusing to clarify why he was sent by Taoiseach Enda Kenny to the then Garda commissioner’s home hours before he announced his retirement.

Sinn Féin has published proposals to take the power over the Gardaí away from politicians.

Sinn Féin has said the new Justice Minister needs to ensure that Garda whistleblowers are protected.

An Oireachtas Committee has published a report calling on the Taoiseach to make a statement to the Dáil recognising Traveller ethnicity.

The Government’s plans for an independent Garda authority comes just two months after Justice Minister Alan Shatter spelled out his opposition to such a body.

It is reported senior members of the force are due to attend meetings at the Garda training college in County Tipperary tomorrow.

Sinn Féin, along with a succession of opposition TDs have questioned Alan Shatter’s explanation as to when he was informed of the existence of the Garda tapes.

Tensions between the Coalition parties have deepened ahead of today’s Cabinet showdown after Labour put it up to Justice Minister Alan Shatter to correct his controversial comments that two garda whistleblowers did not co-operate with an inquiry into penalty points.

Justice Minister Alan Shatter’s account of a suspected surveillance operation at the Garda Ombudsman’s offices differs considerably from a report he was given on the security concerns, it has been claimed.

Tensions between gardaí and the police ombudsman escalated last night after Garda Commissioner Martin Callinan demanded to know why gardaí were “suspected of complicity” by the watchdog in a communications attack on its offices.

An Oireachtas committee is to contact the Garda Ombudsman today, calling on it to make a statement on dramatic reports its offices have been bugged.

An Oireachtas committee is to contact the Garda Ombudsman, calling on it to make a formal statement on dramatic reports its offices have been bugged.

The country’s unions are concerned that proposals to give courts the power to deduct money from a person’s wage may be used by bosses to dismiss or discriminate against employees.

Justice Minister Alan Shatter has confirmed prisoners are taking part in creative writing, photography, and film-production classes as part of a prison education service that cost the taxpayer €1.2m last year.

Sinn Féin TD Padraig MacLochlainn says he was "stitched up" on a recent appearance on Tonight with Vincent Browne on TV3.

Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams yesterday refused to withdraw his comments on the murder of RUC officers Harry Breen and Bob Buchanan saying it was nonsense to suggest he blamed the policemen for their own deaths.

A Dáil committee has come into possession of information that suggests further widespread abuse of the penalty points system which may have cost the State millions of euro.

A Garda whistle-blower has called for an independent inquiry into the non-serving of court summonses by gardaí after figures showed that almost 650,000 summonses were not served on alleged offenders over the past four years.

The Justice Minister Alan Shatter says he has "no problem in saying I am sorry" if Deputy Mick Wallace feels that he did him some personal wrong by mentioning Wallace's incidence of discretion.

An elderly woman was pushed to the ground while her rural home was ransacked for the second time in two months.

An elderly woman was pushed to the ground while her rural home was ransacked for the second time in two months.

Thieves who attacked a 96-year-old woman stole a “substantial” amount of money she was saving to have new windows put in her home.

A TD has been reported to an ethics watchdog after she named two public figures as allegedly having penalty points struck out by gardaí.

The Sinn Féin TD Padraig MacLochlainn finally agreed to his suspension from the Dáil after delaying business for 45 minutes.