Babies from Cork County Home were buried in coffins with adults or amputated limbs
A Bessborough survivor has said the revelations are “heartbreaking and shocking”.
A Bessborough survivor has said the revelations are “heartbreaking and shocking”.
The long-awaited report will be published today – and survivors want “urgent” action on foot of it.
Mary Harney shares her personal story on a day where the fate of records of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes was debated on the Dáil floor.
The former Tánaiste will take up the appointment immediately.
Smoky coal is being banned across the country from the end of 2018.
Mary Harney and John Gormley were the latest former politicians to brave the banking inquiry gauntlet this afternoon.
The former taoisigh’s annual pensions cannot be cut further, Brendan Howlin has said.
The former tánaiste has made a formal complaint to the Dáil Ceann Comhairle.
You’d be a fool to consider buying a pizza from anybody else. Especially when the ‘alternatives’ have names like ‘Cheese and Sleaze’…
The newly-crowned Minister for Health’s role could be the making or breaking for one of politics’ rapidly rising stars.
Earlier this week Reilly said the health budget had run over by €158 million.
The Companies Bill 2013 is nearly 1,200 pages and proposes to overhaul the way company law operates in Ireland. But in what way? TheJournal.ie takes a look…
The Irish Cancer Society is renewing its calls for legislation to minimise the risk of skin cancers in under-18s.
The independent TD declined to comment when asked if he was interested in joining the party which itself has denied it has approached the former Progressive Democrat deputy.
While Ireland does not have the worst quality of healthcare, it is run by technically deficient, medically illiterate bureaucrats, says Professor John Crown. What healthcare model should we be looking to?
“The information was given was from Minister Reilly’s personal office and it clearly was wrong,” Ruairí Quinn told RTÉ radio this morning.
Ruairí Quinn says the Troika are the only people who will affordably lend to Ireland – so what they say goes.
Mary Harney famously claimed that Ireland was “closer to Boston than Berlin” – but it’s now time to reassess, writes Kate Katharina Ferguson.
Rotten tomatoes anyone?
The ban on smokey coal in Dublin is believed to have resulted in at least 350 fewer deaths each year. Phil Hogan has announced a public consultation on the regulations around the ban.
Gay mice, a footballer leaving Twitter and an April Fools’ joke – some of the stories you most wanted to share with your Twitter followers.
We’ve gone through the list of ministerial pensions to see precisely how each living former minister is hit by the various levies.
Complaints over the X-Factor’s controversial sing-off elimination are resolved by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland – but Hook, Tubridy and D’Arcy are all scolded.
The Fair Deal nursing home scheme has already run out of funding for this year and can’t accommodate any new people who need financial assistant to cover the costs of that care.
The former Minister for Health settles action against Newstalk over comments made on air by Nell McCafferty last year.
The former Tanaiste had taken a defamation case against radio station over comments made on show.
Nine things you need to know by 9am: Anger over the government’s failure to make the bondholders share the pain; Financial Regulator Matthew Elderfield says criminal charges will come, and red faces for Royal aides as they invite the wrong Mary to the the wedding of William and Kate.
Clarence House apologises “unreservedly” after a case of mistaken identity in which the former Health Minister was sent an invitation in the place of President.
The party that disbanded after its election slaughter in 2007 sees its former candidates gain ground this time around.
Milliman’s report into VHI’s cost control, and how it can streamline its operations, is published in redacted form.
Louise Minihan of Éirígí is convicted of throwing red paint over then-Minister for Health, Mary Harney, in November.
Fianna Fáil backbenchers aren’t happy about how the cabinet crisis was managed – and the knives could still be out.
The full text of Brian Cowen’s full statement to the Dáil, announcing his restructured cabinet and the date of the election.
Batt O’Keeffe joins Mary Harney, Noel Dempsy, Dermot Ahern and Tony Killeen in announcing his departure from the cabinet.
The opposition parties say the latest developments around the cabinet table are a sign an election should be called.
A selection of Harney stories from her last few months in cabinet…
Minister for Health joins Micheál Martin in resigning from cabinet, and says she will not contest the general election.
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Nine things you need to know by 9am: Swine flu is back – and this time it means business; parents under the microscope and how Ted’s excellent adventure almost ended in tears.