Páraic Kerrigan, a PhD Candidate in the Department of Media Studies at Maynooth University, suggests the recent Maynooth 'scandal' implies that some have not kept pace with changing attitudes to sexuality in wider Irish society.

Des O’Sullivan reports on the wealth of 1916 memorabilia coming up for auction prior to the centenary.

A leading Fianna Fáil TD has brushed off an incident with a water protester outside the Dáil this afternoon which saw a man grab him by the tie and throw a punch at him.

Property group, Green Reit has won its planning battle with An Taisce over its plans to demolish a landmark building and erect a new six-storey office block on Dublin’s Dawson Street.

A former bookshop in Cork City centre has permission to be changed to a cafe/restaurant, following a recent planning decision.

A Monaghan dad of three is on a mission to travel Ireland and discover the real life stories behind modern Irish poverty.

Focus Ireland said rent supplement needs to be increased in order to help tackle the homelessness crisis.

This month, Jonathan Corrie was found dead in an office block doorway on Molesworth Street.

An Garda Síochána have asked for the cooperation of those involved in today's water-charges protest as they announced traffic restrictions and road closures.

The Housing Minister Paudie Coffey is insisting the Forum on Homelessness is not just a talking shop.

The emergency summit to be held today on the homelessness crisis is likely to focus on short-term measures that can be implemented quickly, the Department of the Environment has said.

Dozens of people have taken part in a vigil outside Leinster House - in memory of a homeless man who was found dead.

The Taoiseach appears to have ruled out increasing rent supplement to help some families avoid homelessness.

The turning on of the Oireachtas Christmas Tree lights - scheduled for this evening - has been postponed.

Public Expenditure Minister Brendan Howlin said that he would embrace any ideas the Archbishop of Dublin has on how to tackle homelessness.

A candlelit vigil will take place outside the Dáil this evening to highlight the homelessness and housing crisis.

The death of a homeless man across the street from the Dail is a damning reflection of the state’s failure to protect the worst off, it has been claimed.

A homeless man in his 40s has been found dead on a street in Dublin city centre.

A man in his forties has been found dead on a street in Dublin not far from the entrance to the Dáil.

The Spanish embassy is not entitled to claim sovereign immunity from legal action by a firm of Irish engineers for payment for work it says it carried out in preparing for the refurbishment of the embassy’s commercial offices in Dublin, the High Court has ruled.

The news that Green REIT Plc has acquired the former Sun Alliance building — at nos 13-17 Dawson Street, in Dublin 2, for €23m — bodes well for the city’s crane count.

ONE of the first firms to avail of real estate investment trust legislation introduced by Finance Minister Michael Noonan in the budget, Green REIT, has concluded its acquisition of Nama’s biggest prize — Central Park, Dublin, for €311.5m.

IN THE hours before Michael Noonan got to his feet yesterday, you would have been forgiven for expecting a declaration of war rather than a budget speech.

There is a large security operation in force around Dublin city centre ahead of this afternoon's Budget.

Gardaí are warning of traffic delays in Dublin city centre because of the Budget Day security operation.

Thousands of students are descending on the Dáil calling on the Government to leave the grant alone in Budget 2014.

The new Irish passport includes verses in Ulster Scots as well as a map of the entire island for the first time.

An anti-austerity protest is continuing on Dublin's O'Connell Bridge, blocking traffic on the quays.

Several hundred people are staging a protest outside Leinster House this afternoon as the Dáil reconvenes after its summer break.

Two employees at the passport office have been questioned by gardaí over suspected fraud.

As the summer holidays get underway, we are being advised of changes to the passport application process.

A man has been arrested outside the Dáil after threatening to set himself on fire.

Up to 1,000 pro-life campaigners have gathered outside the Dáil this evening calling on the Government not to legislate for the X case.

Hundreds of protesters gathered outside the Dáil and at other protests this evening to call on the Government to introduce legislation to allow for medical abortions.

Gardaí say up to 200 people are staging a demonstration outside Leinster House this evening.

The Fine Gael/Labour government is being warned it faces a similar fate to the Fianna Fáil/Green coalition unless it U-turns on the issue of special needs assistants (SNAs).

Lawyers for Anders Breivik have said he used some sort of drug before carrying out the double attack in Norway on Friday in which 76 people were killed.

Renovated, six-bed house and add-on diner on four acres has been a labour of love for the owners, says Tommy Barker.

A property developer was found not guilty today of criminal damage and dangerous driving charges in connection with an incident in which a concrete mixer truck was driven at the gates of Leinster House last September.

THE Croke Park accord is apparently heading up a cul de sac. Key public sector unions are coming out against the revised pay deal.

THE Croke Park accord is apparently heading up a cul de sac. Key public sector unions are coming out against the revised pay deal.

THOUSANDS of Quinn employees are due to march in Cavan and Dublin today to protest at their jobs being put at risk by the Financial Regulator’s “rash decision” to place the company into administration.

BASED on what I witnessed at the Passport Office in Molesworth Street, Dublin, and elsewhere, I can only conclude that, unknown to me, the unions have snatched the power to govern from Leinster House.

There is no end in sight for those trying to get a passport at the office on Molesworth Street in Dublin.