For how much longer will the Minister for Justice and Defence Alan Shatter continue to obfuscate and filibuster on the issue of those who were incarcerated in the Protestant-run Bethany home?

AS details emerge about the routine deaths of children at a former Dublin mother and baby home, the Minister for Education has suggested that most of the survivors will not be entitled to redress.

In the final part of our series on how the vulnerable in our society are treated, Sharon Ní Conchúir says fears abound that public nursing homes are slowly being phased out.

A large protest against health cutbacks takes place in the south-east later.

WE all dislike the fact that the banks have a full Government guarantee. It seems curious that at the same time the HSE thinks the warranty has ran out on our elderly people.

Two victims of child abuse must have their cases addressed by the Residential Institutions Redress Board, it was claimed today.