On Brexit, the commissioner told members that he “entirely refuted” suggestions that there was no Garda planning for Brexit, saying there was a “high state of preparation”.

Frustrated Fine Gael politicians have lashed out at Government leaders over the health crisis amid ongoing criticism about the nurses’ strikes and the national children’s hospital scandal.

Senators seeking to be elected to the Dáil make up nine of the top 10 places on the publicly funded Oireachtas printing facility, new figures show.

Oireachtas members have severely criticised the acting chief of the Department of Justice for insisting the department had “fully complied” with initial discovery orders issued by the Charleton Tribunal.

The email accounts of former minister for justice Frances Fitzgerald and her political advisers were not examined in the recent trawl for documents relevant to the Charleton Tribunal.

The Office of the Attorney General yesterday backed Tánaiste Frances Fitzgerald’s decision to take no action when she was told of the Garda legal team’s alleged strategy to discredit Maurice McCabe in May 2015.

There is a strong desire across the political spectrum for an international person to be appointed as the next Garda commissioner.

Cormac O’Keeffe says the Garda commissioner is still standing after a very eventful week

Garda Commissioner Nóirín O’Sullivan said the phantom breath test scandal could have been caused by gardaí not thinking it was “important” to accurately record the data.

The possibility of a historic split of Ireland’s security and policing systems could be included as part of the Government’s imminent root and branch review of the gardaí.

Government can breathe easy it won’t lose a second commissioner for now, writes Michael Clifford.

An Irish Senator is warning that the undocumented Irish in the US are currently in "uncharted waters".

TDs and senators from across the political divide have taken a trip aboard the blood bus to highlight the importance of donating blood.

One lawyer received €18,223, including Vat, for seven days’ work at the Oireachtas banking inquiry in April and May of this year.

The Renua Ireland TD who suffered an embarrassing interview on national radio as his party was launched has said the incident was not caused by a panic attack or failing to read up on the group’s policies.

A county council wants to bulldoze two disabled pensioners’ home to make way for a new road to the Cliffs of Moher.

A Co Clare family has sold its electronic display firm to a US rival for an undisclosed sum. 

A struck-off solicitor and an elderly businessman will be sentenced shortly for defrauding a bank of almost €9m to buy land now worth €30,000.

The debacle over the Schoolboys Football Association of Ireland (SFAI) national cups is set to continue after the Cork League last night withdrew their co-operation.

Fine Gael lost two more Oireachtas members from its parliamentary party yesterday as two senators voted against the abortion legislation as it passed through the Upper House.

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The lifting of an unprecedented swimming and surfing ban imposed on three beaches in Co Clare has led to calls for a full investigation.

Clare County Council has come under fire after opting to spend up to €100,000 on an Environmental Impact Study to assess whether or not to demolish two 19th century protected homes.

THE violent scenes involving Tyrone club Derrytresk in Sunday’s All-Ireland Club JFC semi-final in Portlaoise is the latest disciplinary controversy to hit GAA in the Red Hand county over the last 12 months.

DONEGAL county chairman PJ McGowan has warned his clubs he will segregate supporters because of continued indiscipline if the matter is not addressed.

A SOLICITOR has hit out at Courts Service plans to shut down two more rural district courts and centralise the sittings in Ennis from January.

ELDERLY care in Clare has been compared to a “ticking time bomb”.

SENATOR Martin Conway had his first operation on his eyes to save his sight at six months old.

ONE of the busiest coastguard units in the state is in line for a new coastguard station.

TWO men were trapped in their overturned car for over half-an-hour after it crashed on Co Clare’s notorious “ugly mile” in exactly the same spot as a crash last month.

THIRTEEN recently elected members of the Seanad are to share a windfall of almost €440,000.

TWO men have been banned for life from ladies football following a probe into serious incidents which marred a ladies Gaelic football match in Tyrone.

Following 'a robust inquiry and full investigation' into some unsavoury incidents at a Tyrone ladies football match, two men have been given lifetime bans.

THE president of the Ladies Gaelic Football Association (LGFA) has expressed his confidence that the ugly scenes which marred the recent Tyrone county final were isolated and not part of a trend carried over from the men’s games.

AN investigation into the violent scenes that marred the end of last Friday’s Tyrone ladies senior football final is officially underway.

GAA president Christy Cooney has refuted suggestions that violence towards match officials is on the increase after a weekend that was blighted by a pair of unsavoury incidents in both the male and female codes.

A FOUR-PERSON committee has been set up to investigate the serious violence which marred the end of last Friday night’s Tyrone Ladies senior football final.

The West Bank Palestinian leadership formally decided to press ahead with efforts in September to win United Nations recognition of a state in the West Bank, Gaza Strip and east Jerusalem

FINE GAEL has been criticised for a “missed opportunity” in not nominating a female candidate for at least one of two vacant seats on a county council.

STEPS were taken yesterday towards a compromise over National Roads Authority (NRA) plans to remove iconic signs in tourist areas.

SURFERS have thrown into doubt Clare County Council’s plans for a €6 million pier at Doolin for summer 2012.