The Irish public has been left hanging when it comes to getting a full explanation about who knew what and when in the phone-tapping scandal of the 1980s, writes Ryle Dwyer.

Author Joe Joyce speaks to Declan Burke about his latest offering, a tale set in Dublin in 1940 — a time of intrigue, betrayal and espionage

An ex-boyfriend of PR executive Kate Fitzgerald told an inquest yesterday that in the weeks before her death she felt her employers were trying to “show her the door”.

FERGUS FINLAY has, for the third week in a row, argued the case for a freeze on public service pay increments. While we don’t doubt the sincerity of his appeal for fairness and equity across all sections of society, his proposal would penalise the lowest paid in the public service, especially younger workers who are struggling most.

WITH house prices in new developments plummeting, a developer in Co Cavan has gone to the ultimate. He has decided to halve the starting price of his 35-house offering in Bailieborough — to less than €100,000 for new three-bedroomed fully-finished homes.

THE race has begun to cash in on Charles Haughey memorabilia following the death of the former Taoiseach last week.

LAST week Bertie Ahern was in the news over a representation made by his office on behalf of a quarry owner suffering from cancer. One of Bertie’s staff wrote a letter to a council official pleading that the quarry should not be shut down, because the owner is in ill health.