Brenda Power: The nuns would not have stood for it

The lack of accountability of the HSE and of health staff is the real cause of the hospital crisis

Skilled foreign worker numbers drop by three quarters

Irish employers warned not to take for granted the availability of overseas labour

Morris gardai to be cleared of slur

Tribunal concludes corruption allegations were false

Man fights to overturn 1971 manslaughter conviction for Una killing

After 40 years, her death is still a mystery

Lenihan to cut public sector jobs

The finance minister is to defy union opposition and press ahead with a redundancy scheme to slash the wages bill

ComReg to probe lo-call mobile tariff

ASAI set to call on ComReg to investigate pricing anomoly

Politicians face seven more hours in the Dail

Longer working times have been proposed as part of an effort to increase the public’s interest in politics

Lead found in Galway’s emergency water supply

Council under fire as Mervue residents find contaminated water is four times over the limit

Family bigamist shock hits Dana

Eurovision winner is ‘sad’ at finding her great-grandfather was married simultaneously to women in Ireland and Britain

Crash 'hero' pilot Bill Curry comes under scrutiny

Pilot who crash landed in a Bettystown hotel car park did not have the appropriate licence to fly

Thai monks give Irish addicts €2-a-day detox

Drug abusers from Ireland are flocking to Tham Krabok monastery in Thailand for treatment

RTE to screen footage of Craig Ewert's death

The broadcaster has bought The Suicide Tourist, a documentary about the 59-year-old American who wants to end his life

Joop! aftershave link to attacks

Attacker seems to know the area, say detectives

Watchdog's garda reports to stay secret

The government will not allow the Garda Siochna Ombudsman Commission to publish studies on matters of public interest

Judges stripped of mental health detention powers

Judges sending defendants to psychiatric facility could be breaching their human rights, High Court rules

Hammer horror gets its teeth into Ireland

The relaunched British film company is set to shoot a chiller called The Wake Wood in Ireland

The two-wheeled way to stand around and get around

Historian and author Pat Liddy has won a government contract to run park tours using two-wheeled electric vehicles

Profile: Joe Duffy

RTE's shock jock in unrepentant

My week: John O'Shea

The third world charity ace experiences seven days of highs and lows

Think tank: One click away from anywhere

The latest GPS equipped mobile devices make the postcode idea redundant