No-one involved in delivering the most expensive capital health project in the history of the State will be held personally responsible for the financial fiasco it has become, according to the terms of reference of an expert review.

It’s been difficult coming to terms with the fact my son has autism. What is harder is ensuring education, in particular, doesn’t leave him behind, writes David O’Mahony.

Labour's Housing Spokesperson says the state's new housing plan is just "new wine for old bottles".

The LDA promises to build 150,000 new homes over the next 20 years.

The Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan says the Government is committed to equality in the workplace.

The Minister for Housing Eoghan Murphy has been accused of manipulating the homelessness figures.

More than 270 Irish people jailed overseas have sought consular assistance from the State since 2013. 

The empty so-called advance factories in IDA industrial areas across Cork and the rest of the State are back in the news.

Until we face revisit some of the worst legislation ever passed in Ireland, Molly and her foster mum, and all the other Mollys who need our support, will never get the justice to which they

In law, fraud is a deliberate deception to secure unfair or unlawful gain, or to deprive a victim of a legal right.

A man seeking the return of property from the State accused the gardaí of not giving a shit and he claimed the judge was working for the prosecution and the reporter covering the case was backing the guards.

So did the decision by Frances Fitzgerald to stand down amount to the end of the drama or did it represent just the end of Act 3, Scene 4? As citizens of this State we need to know the answer.

A dispute over a right of way led to a 20-year legal battle against the State, which is still refusing to pay up, writes Michael Clifford.

The country’s first supervised injecting centre (SIC) has been delayed, and could be pushed well into next year, if planning permission is needed.

The essential work of the print media is no less important than decades ago. But for that work to continue, newspapers must be given a chance to survive, writes TP O’Mahony.

Both religious orders and the State are failing to make any serious attempt to centralise, digitise and open up access to records of institutions, writes Conall Ó Fátharta. 

The ESB has paid a dividend of €60m to the State for the first half of this year; double the amount it paid for the same period last year.

In 1961, Dwight Eisenhower warned us of the rise of the military-industrial-complex and its potential to have an overbearing influence on government.

The State spent almost €6.3m last year to settle legal actions taken against gardaí — the most in almost a decade.

The separation of Church and State is easier to advocate than practise, as the National Maternity Hospital controversy shows, says TP O’Mahony

The Government is considering a long-term lease, with a nominal rent, for the site of the proposed new National Maternity Hospital, writes Juno McEnroe.

There isn’t a greater instance of abuse than that robbed children of their mothers or mothers of their children, writes Fergus Finlay.

Latest: In a statement this afternoon, Denis O'Brien has said he is disappointed by today's judgment and intends to study it in detail before deciding whether to appeal.

Ian Bailey’s appeal of his failed civil action against the Gardai and the State over claims they tried to frame him for murder is due to get underway today.

More than 20 people have been killed in an attack on a community in Benue state in central Nigeria, according to local leaders.

A gunman shot and killed a journalist on Sunday in the Mexican state of Veracruz, adding to the toll in a state plagued by drug-gang violence and allegations of government corruption.

The President of the Court of Appeal has said he believes the State has an obligation to see that Alan Shatter’s constitutional rights are vindicated.

The economic recovery has seen a more than 90% reduction in the last five years in the number of people having to claim redundancy from the State because their employer was in financial difficulty or insolvency.

The State has withdrawn a charge against a disabled woman who was accused of harassing a 98FM presenter, writes Conor Gallagher.

The State is facing a bill for hundreds of millions of euro for monies, which it withheld from hospital consultants eight years ago.

The State is facing at least six separate legal actions from former members of the air corps who allege they have suffered serious illnesses as a result of “chronic exposure” to the chemicals they came in contact with as a part of their daily duties.

The State has received a payment of €280m from the liquidation of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation.

Homes in Wicklow, Meath and Dublin have the highest value contents in the State, according to an AA Insurance analysis of the value of contents insured.

A German special police unit has detained an alleged member of the Islamic State group in the south-western town of Mutterstadt.

Homelessness campaigner Fr. Peter McVerry says it will be very difficult for the State to build the 50,000 new social houses required over the next five years.

The establishment of a State Housing Bank could help address the country’s chronic shortage of new homes and help address the housing and homelessness crises, according to builders and developers.

The jurors in the longest running criminal trial in the history of the state have finished their tenth day of deliberations.

The payment is just over a tenth of all the cash that IBRC currently has on hand.

The State would face immediate costs of up to €160m if Irish Water was scrapped, according to the minister in charge.

The State pension is not sustainable, but there are no easy fixes, a report commissioned by the Society of Actuaries has concluded.

The State is to get back €1.64bn from AIB.

The Finance Minister has said if returned to Government he will immediately begin the sale of 25% of AIB.

The EU banking regulator has approved a move by AIB to begin the process of repaying its debt to the State.