The former adoption agency at the centre of the illegal adoptions scandal has gone into voluntary liquidation — just months after hundreds of illegal birth registrations were found in its files.

The long road to recognition and justice for Tressa Reeves and her son, illegally adopted 57 years ago, was settled after four days in the High Court.

Thousands of people may come forward to sue the State and religious orders over forced and illegal adoptions following the settlement of a high-profile case in the High Court.

Tressa Donnelly Reeves spent more than 50 years searching for her son. She told the High Court she was informed by a nun during her quest that adopted children don't want anything to do with their birth parents.

A mother and son separated through an illegal adoption from St Patrick’s Guild will end a four-year battle with the State and the guild in the High Court next month.

Despite protesting otherwise, the State knew about the practice of illegal adoption for years, with Tressa Reeves gathering evidence of her son’s illegal registration in 1997 and the authorities informed in 2001, writes Conall Ó Fátharta.

The collapse of Britain’s second largest contractor, a group with annual turnover in excess of £5bn, is a huge embarrassment to the British government.

IS €800,000-plus “the new €1 million?” It might well appear so, given the number of quite high-end Cork suburban properties which have come up for sale in the latter half of 2017, at the €850k-plus price level. 

Three great movies to look forward to this week, reviewed by Declan Burke

Warner Bros. Pictures has officially announced Matt Reeves as the director for the upcoming DC Comics movie, The Batman.

Matt Reeves, director of 2014's Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, has taken over as director for the upcoming Batman film starring Ben Affleck.

British indie band Viola Beach and their manager have died after the car they were travelling in plunged more than 80ft into a canal in Sweden.

Hidden doorways in an ancient Egyptian tomb may lead to the long-lost resting place of Queen Nefertiti.

Remember Eli Roth, the filmmaker behind such 'classics' as Hostel, Cabin Fever and not much else? Well he's back at the helm for another pretty crappy looking film.

Scotland 1 Northern Ireland 0: A late header by substitute Christophe Berra gave Scotland a narrow but deserved 1-0 win over Northern Ireland in their Vauxhall International Challenge match at Hampden Park.

What to watch on the box tonight.

A dude’s dog gets dead. Dude does revenge. Big style.

ANITA Reeves, who stars in a new production of the hit play Little Gem, jokes that she has been threatening to retire from her stage career for 20 years. 

The Guinness Cork Jazz Festival got into full swing last night on a weekend which will see almost 1,000 musicians from 18 countries performing in various venues around the city.

IN advance of her gig at the Guinness Cork Jazz Festival, Ed Power Dianne Reenes is as humble as ever, despite her Grammys and singing for George Clooney.

Actor Keanu Reeves has obtained a temporary restraining order against a woman who was detained after trespassing at the actor’s home last month.

Capital One Cup Second Round

Manchester United suffered one of the most humiliating defeats in their long and proud history as MK Dons piled yet more misery on Louis van Gaal.

Team news for the Second Round of the Capital One Cup.

We take a closer look at Ireland’s latest label for little `uns.

The battle between species intensifies in the action-packed sequel Dawn of the Planet of the Apes and Britain’s Got Talent’s performing pooch wags his tail in Pudsey The Dog – The Movie.

James Franco is set to appear in 'Dawn of the Planet of the Apes'.

A retired Florida police captain accused of fatally shooting a man in a cinema last month after a texting confrontation has pleaded not guilty at a day-long bail hearing that resembled a mini-trial.

Lawyers for a retired police officer accused of shooting dead a man who was texting during a movie will be able to see surveillance video from the Florida cinema after a judge ordered prosecutors to turn over the footage.

A highly-regarded former police captain who shot dead a man texting in a Florida cinema has told detectives he was in fear of being attacked.

A row over texting in a Florida cinema ended with a retired Tampa police captain fatally shooting a man sitting in front of him.

A retired policeman is accused of shooting a man dead because he was texting on his mobile phone at a Florida cinema.

A senior manager at computer giant Apple told an employment tribunal he was haunted by a complaint that he had “waddled his butt” in front of US employees.

Flies avoid being swatted in just the same way Keanu Reeves dodges flying bullets in the movie The Matrix – by watching time pass slowly.

Derby 5 Brentford 0

Anita Reeves is relishing her new role as a worker in a nursing home, writes Colette Sheridan.

A religious-run adoption agency, which facilitated illegal adoptions and exported more than 500 “illegitimate” children, is withdrawing its tracing and information service.

A human resources manager with US multinational Apple said a Cork-based manager, who claims he was unfairly dismissed after turning down a position with the company in California, did not have a “mobility clause” and was under no compulsion to move to the US.