Mick Clifford: In the Republic, democratic norms and rights  abused to an appalling degree

None of the gardaí involved in any of the cases looked at in RTÉs 'Crimes And Confessions' series has ever been charged or even disciplined for assaulting anybody in custody

Osgur Breatnach was wrongly arrested and convicted of the Sallins train robbery in 1976. Abused by agents of the State, he described what happened to him as torture. Picture: Moya Nolan

IT’S never too late to get at the truth. That justice is sometimes a long game should be recognised on a weekend in which the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday is being marked.

The official record of what occurred on a day in which 13 people were gunned down by the parachute regiment of the British Army in Derry came about as a result of a historical inquiry.