A new report from the Medical Council published today has outlined dangerous hours and high-stress environment that the country's youngest doctors endure.

Radical changes in the make-up of the FAI board and council are imminent after the governance review committee today published their report at Abbotstown.

The authors criticised the Government’s failure to obtain a trafficking conviction since the legislation was amended in 2013 and said Ireland does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking.

A number of centres remain unsuitable and not fit for purpose.

The Council of Europe says there's still 'significant discrimination' towards Travellers in Ireland. In a new report, it says Travellers are 38 times more likely to experience discrimination in pubs compared to other 'white-Irish' people.

Nearly two-thirds of Irish news consumers are concerned about fake news on the internet, according to a major international survey.

A new global study has found that Irish women are some of the heaviest drinkers in the world.

Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan has said he is concerned at the “contents” of a report by the Inspector of Prisons into allegations of illegal surveillance of prison officers.

The burial place of well over 800 children who died in the care of Bessborough Mother and Baby Home is unknown - despite "very extensive inquiries and searches".

Four years after the establishment of the Mother and Baby Homes Commission, the focus of its investigation has clearly moved away from Tuam and onto other headline-generating institutions like Bessborough and Sean Ross Abbey, writes Conall Ó Fátharta.

More than 20,000 disclosures of domestic violence against women and children were made to Women's Aid last year.

The report into cost overruns at the National Children's Hospital has been published by the government.

House prices are now 59% higher than at the lowest point of the economic crash.

The Government will publish a key report on burial practices at Ireland’s main mother and baby homes “as quickly as possible”.

An explosive new report published by the Department of Justice is reporting allegations of “inappropriate relationships” between some women prisoners at the Dóchas centre in Dublin “and a small number of male staff”.

The government will explore all options other than the court process for settling clinical negligence claims.

The country's foster care services are still fragmented, with inconsistent practice, ineffective use of resources and duplication of work, according to a new report by health watchdog HIQA today.

The study found that buying lottery tickets or scratch cards was the most common form of gambling.

Getting a grip on overspending in the health budget and not relying on corporate tax receipts to drive overall spending could help cut debt levels, the European Commission has said.

The country’s main youth detention facility has welcomed a new report which recommends better policies regarding children and young people in care who come in contact with the justice system.