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The ideals of the 1916 Rising should be revived to give people with disabilities a key role in scrutinising how the government ensures their protection, respect and human rights, campaigners have said. A high-level United Nations report called for people directly affected by state services and supports to be given the job of a watchdog.

Proven negligence and malpractice in Garda investigations raised by whistleblower Sergeant Maurice McCabe are unacceptable and disheartening, Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald has said. Serious deficiencies have been highlighted across a wide range of inquiries with officers lambasted for losing evidential exhibits and poor note taking, interview techniques and record keeping.

Sir Terry Wogan’s life will be celebrated in a special event at Westminster Abbey, the BBC has announced. The veteran broadcaster, known for his velvety voice on radio and television, died of cancer on January 31 aged 77.

Irish people living in Scotland are more than twice as likely to end up in hospital or die from alcohol-related diseases as white Scottish people, research has found. The risk for women from a mixed ethnic background is almost 100 times that of white Scots, scientists concluded.

The pace of growth in Ireland’s construction activity has slowed for the second month in a row, according to new figures. The Ulster Bank Construction Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) – a seasonally adjusted survey which tracks changes – found the rate of expansion was the weakest since November 2015, down from 62.3 in March to… Continue reading Construction activity growth rate slows for second month in a row

Gardai are hunting three men who robbed a Co Louth shop and post office at gunpoint. The gang members wore high visibility jackets and used a sledgehammer and metal bar to threaten staff at the premises in Clogherhead.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has vowed to make life better for everyone after securing a history-making back-to-back term in office. The premier named five women in his cabinet and pledged to make people’s experiences as important as tax returns and economic data.

An extra 1.3 billion euros of spending power every year for the next five years has been agreed by the incoming minority government and its backers. A giveaway Programme for Government (PFG) after years of austerity promised to increase funding of public services by 6.75 billion euros by 2021.

A search is under way after a car went into the River Lee. Emergency services could not confirm if anyone was in the vehicle after gardai alerted the Coast Guard to the incident in Cork city shortly after 6am on Friday.

US comedian Arsenio Hall is suing Sinead O’Connor over a Facebook post in which the singer accused him of supplying Prince with drugs. The libel lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court calls O’Connor’s accusations fabricated lies.