WAYNE O’DONOGHUE has paid his debt to society and should be allowed the privacy to get on with the rest of his life without publicly having to relive his tragic mistakes.

Tens of thousands of official government papers are being released to the public today under the 30-year disclosure rule.

Phil Flynn acted as negotiator with Herrema kidnappers, writes Ryle Dwyer.

DR Tiede Herrema, who was kidnapped by IRA gang members Eddie Gallagher and Marion Coyle 30 years ago, said yesterday he was keeping secret what was said when he met them many years later.

The Dutch industrialist who was the victim of the longest kidnapping in Irish history has donated his personal papers to the University of Limerick, it emerged today.

The man famed for finding ways out of the toughest disputes chose to resign his high-profile positions, writes Political Reporter Michael O’Farrell.

NEWT GINGRICH put up a stout defence of US President George W Bush’s intervention in Iraq on Marian Finucane’s radio show on Thursday.

PETER CORY, the Canadian judge who was appointed to investigate suspected police collusion in eight murders in both the North and Republic, has produced his reports.