Sandra Mahon didn’t set out to make history in her job as a food demonstrator, but she did just that in relation to employment law.

I feel defiled having listened to the graphic and disturbing detail in the murder trial of Graham Dwyer, writes Alison O’Connor.

Questions still remain about the cause of the Stardust fire in 1981 in which 48 people lost their lives. Caroline O’Doherty says the families of those who died are still seeking answers

Relatives of the Stardust victims are to reveal evidence they say will show the fire was caused by problems with the club’s electrics.

Five years ago work on the revival of Clare hurling got underway in earnest. This weekend they are reaping the rewards — and even brighter times may lie ahead.

President Michael D Higgins has until Wednesday to decide if new abortion legislation should be tested in the Supreme Court.

The Leveson probe in the UK shows a determined chairman can make an enormous difference to an inquiry, writes Dan Buckley

Former president Mary McAleese has decried the Church’s treatment of five silenced priests, accusing Rome of operating through fear and imposing strictures on the clerics which “consume the truth”.

The 30th amendment to the Constitution could see the Oireachtas take on the role of a kangaroo court, allowing members to assault the name of anyone they choose, writes Dan Buckley

FORMER Chief Justice, Ronan Keane, has attacked the Government’s proposal to cut the pay of judges, arguing that it will make it more difficult to attract suitable candidates for the Bench and could make judges “dangerously subservient” to the Executive.

CLARE’S Tony Carmody scored a first-half goal, went off injured minutes later but raised the rafters at the end of this final when he lifted the All-Ireland IHC trophy.

A SPIRITED Clare bounced back from a horror start to win Saturday’s exciting All-Ireland IHC semi-final at Cusack Park, Ennis.

FOLLOWING the success of the minors on Sunday, Clare capture their second Munster hurling title in three days when their intermediate side captured a first provincial crown at Cusack Park in Ennis last night.

THE European Court of Human Rights has asked the state to respond to several questions over its handling of official investigations into the Stardust fire tragedy.

Chief Justice John Murray is widely regarded as having been a safe pair of hands. But as he nears the end of his term, he is mired in pay controversy, writes Michael Clifford

FIVE former taoisigh were among the mourners who attended Garret FitzGerald’s funeral — three Fianna Fáil office-holders, Brian Cowen, Bertie Ahern and Albert Reynolds, along with John Bruton and Liam Cosgrave of Fine Gael.

RECESSIONARY times everywhere, but the Munster Council yesterday announced the creation of 23 new full-time jobs in the province, with the appointment of Games Development Administrators (GDAs).

FAMILIES of victims of the Stardust nightclub fire have reacted with fury after discovering the Government has been sitting on the latest report on the disaster for weeks without being informing.

IT WAS the kind of funeral Terry Keane would have approved of. An elegant church in leafy south Dublin, ladies with perfectly co-ordinated handbag and shoes, wonderfully refined music and a celebrant who doubles as an expert on Caravaggio.

The late journalist Terry keane was known for her cordial, colourful and controversial persona, mourners at her funeral heard today.

The funeral will take place today of journalist Terry Keane who died at the weekend.

The columnist Terry Keane has passed away in St Vincent's Hospital after a long illness at the age of 68.

The Department of the Justice and the judiciary have reportedly resumed talks on new laws which would see the establishment of a judicial council.

Key political players are to analyse the impact of the General Election in a major conference opening today in Dublin.

Families of the Stardust tragedy victims insisted today they are being kept in the dark by the Government about delays to an independent inquiry.

A survivor of a nightclub blaze tragedy today insisted families of the victims were not interested in compensation from the Government.

One of the leading barristers in the State is to re-examine files on the Stardust tragedy, the Government announced this morning.

MORE than 100 people gathered for a special anniversary service yesterday to remember the 48 young people who perished in the Stardust disaster.

THE Government must step up the enforcement of fire safety in pubs and nightclubs to safeguard the public, the head of the Stardust inquiry warned yesterday.

The Government must step up the enforcement of fire safety in pubs and nightclubs to safeguard the public, the head of the Stardust inquiry warned today.

The Chief Fire Officers Association has said some of the key recommendations of the Stardust inquiry have still not been implemented.

THE Government is set to approve a new emergency plan to deal with potential terrorist and chemical attacks.

A dossier containing new evidence which may finally uncover the cause of the Stardust dancehall blaze, which killed 48 young people, is to be given to the Government in the coming weeks, it emerged tonight.

TOMORROW marks the 25th anniversary of the Stardust fire in which 48 young people lost their lives.

THE FAMILIES of the Stardust tragedy victims have called on Justice Minister Michael McDowell to establish a new tribunal of inquiry into how 48 young people died in the 1981 fire.

Retired Supreme Court judge, Mr Justice Ronan Keane, and former Attorney General, Eoghan Fitzsimons SC, are to head a new appeals body for Irish horse racing, it emerged today.

THE son of former Chief Justice Ronan Keane and social diarist Terry Keane died when fatty tissue from a broken arm sustained 24 hours earlier, travelled to his lungs forming a fatal blood clot, an inquest has found.

The Easter Rising must not be hijacked by any organisation for its own selfish purposes, a Catholic bishop told a 1916 commemoration ceremony today.

TWO shocks in two days would have been too much for the system to bear. Less than 24 hours after Charlie McCreevy surprisingly acquiesced to take the European job, the Government made its other core appointment of the summer.

AT its weekly Cabinet meeting this morning, the Government will put an end to months of speculation by choosing the new Chief Justice.

The touring exhibition of the much sought-after lithograph of Darren Hooper's critically-acclaimed painting of The Four Courts is to visit Cork over the next two weeks.

GARDAÍ are continuing to investigate “the full circumstances” of the death of Chief Justice Ronan Keane’s only son, Timothy.

CONVICTED offenders who escape custodial sentences for road traffic, public order or child pornography offences may face tougher penalties on appeal if new powers are granted to prosecuting lawyers.

LIMERICK’S top garda yesterday criticised a High Court judge for claiming garda security contributed to the failure to empanel a jury in the Kieran Keane murder trial.