Ireland will focus on protecting human rights in light of the war in Ukraine and promoting a welcoming, inclusive and diverse Europe during its six-month presidency of the Council of Europe

"It was like a bomb was dropped on us" declared the parents in protest against the plan to move the secondary school 8 km away, from Ongar, in northwest Dublin to Hollywoodrath

It will be a criminal offence to destroy or allow to be damaged the records of 250.000 survivors of historical institutional abuse, under legislation that was fast-tracked this week by Children's Minister Roderic O'Gorman

The Ministry of Education was ordered to pay €5.000 to a blind student who was denied access to a summer school programme during the Covid-19 pandemic because the support was insufficient

Controversial plan to introduce a hate speech law will be dropped as Justice Minister Helen McEntee said the 'hate speech' element of the bill 'does not have a consensus' and will be dealt with at a later date