Declan Hassett, former arts editor of the ‘Irish Examiner’, marks the passing of a ‘true great’, Niall Tóibín

A detective sergeant was granted a transfer to an elite Dublin unit just days after being arrested and questioned in connection with a range of serious offences.

Justice Minister John O’Donoghue is to be questioned in parliament about today’s surprise attendance of two high-ranking Dublin policemen at a meeting between Police Service of Northern Ireland chief Sir Ronnie Flanagan and relatives of Omagh bombing victims.

Fine Gael is to raise the attendance of two senior Gardai at today’s Omagh talks in the Dail.