The Garda bugging scandal represents such a threat to State security Enda Kenny was forced to take “personal command” of the situation, Finance Minister Michael Noonan revealed.

The Garda Ombudsman said it “does not anticipate difficulties” in its high-profile investigation into the penalty point controversy.

WHO ya gonna call? Enda-Buster! Riverdance famously makes our Taoiseach cry, so it was fittingly patriotic of him to give us all a good St Paddy’s weekend laugh with his bizarre transatlantic trilling of Carly Rae Jepsen’s song ‘Here’s My Number, Call Me Maybe.’

Irish men and women last night snapped up thousands of Canadian Working Holiday Visas in under 11 minutes.

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The fight against terrorism can never justify secret and illegal mass surveillance, the European Parliament has said, demanding that a range of agreements with the US be scrapped or put on hold.

The confirmation of widespread breaches in the quashing of penalty points by the force has renewed calls for an apology to be made to Garda whistle-blowers after their claims were vindicated.

The Garda whistleblowers deserve an apology from the Taoiseach over the way they’ve been systematically “smeared”, according to opposition parties.

The pundits may have written off France but Ireland will definitely not do likewise ahead off their RBS 6 Nations title decider in Paris on Saturday.

IT BEGAN with a four-hour car ride, a ferry full of merry priests, nuns, bishops and hairy babies, and it got stranger from there.

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Like the captain he plays beside in Ireland’s second row, Devin Toner may be happy with the way the Irish lineout has improved since the systems meltdown in Rome last March but the locks will be taking nothing for granted as they seek revenge against the Italians on Saturday.

The former garda confidential recipient, Oliver Connolly, declined a request by the Department of Justice to repudiate an alleged transcript of a conversation he had with a garda whistleblower.

Enda Kenny celebrated his third anniversary in power by slipping on jackboots and giving democracy a good kicking.

The man who delivered pizza to actors during the Oscars ceremony revealed he thought he was only going to be feeding backstage staff at the awards ceremony.

It is with deep disappointment I witness the unfortunate course the government has taken with the GSOC and whistle blower controversies.

After the game, Cork Constitution made a presentation to Alain Rolland, and then it was over.

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When he moved to LA and made it big, hanging out with the likes of Robbie Williams, Mark Hayes expected a bit of begrudgery back home. But on his last visit to Cork, it was like a different city...

All-Ireland-winning manager Davy Fitzgerald has called for the introduction of a second referee during games to cut out the “mangling” of players.