Maternity hospital shambles devalues our status as a republic

Even those with no voice can eventually find justice when a republic does its duty, writes Fergus Finlay.

Sometimes you think you can glimpse the republic. Then a moment later it seems just as far away as ever.

Two unfolding stories told that tale for me last week. The first was the profound and I think transformative ruling by Judge Peter Kelly in the case of Grace. The second was the increasingly bizarre saga of the National Maternity Hospital.