Elon Musk’s stunning tweet that he wanted to take Tesla private and had funding secured was a classic Mr Musk moonshot — given credibility only by the sense that if anyone could possibly pull such a brazen feat, he was the guy.

The agency charged with protecting vulnerable children is not being run properly, but nobody is responsible, writes Michael Clifford

Donald Trump said he was "very troubled" by last week's fatal shooting of a black man by a white police officer in Oklahoma, as he made a fresh appeal to black voters who have supported Democrats in the past by overwhelming margins

Hiqa has said allegations of child abuse made to the Child and Family Agency in the Midlands are not always reported to Gardaí.

The HSE and Tusla is to review the case of a young woman with intellectual disabilities who was left in a foster home after an allegation of abuse was made against a member of her carer's family.

A suspect accused of robbing another man at knifepoint has been arrested after the victim described his attacker’s distinctive facial tattoos, including a pair of horns and an anti-police obscenity.

A draft document from Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, outlining new Policy and Procedures for Responding to Allegations of Child Abuse and Neglect, has social workers up in arms, not least because of a proviso that could see abusers cross-examine their victims.

The defendant was trained to be a patrolman in 1964 but left in 1965. He was out of law enforcement for 35 years.