Accused believes entering guilty plea means he’s not guilty, court told
Court is assessing if man accused of murdering pensioner is fit to stand trial
‘It was like he was in the horrors’: The story of a boy who tried to murder a woman in Dún Laoghaire
Background: Family says boy had been plagued by hallucinations and desires to kill
Psychiatrists against abortion on ‘spurious’ mental health grounds
Open letter from clinicians states reason for the majority of abortions is socio-economic
Psychiatrist says to suggest abortion a solution to mental illness ‘naive in the extreme’
Patricia Casey says Bill the Government intends to introduce should amendment be repealed ‘very vague’
Website promotes adoption as an option in crisis pregnancies
Prof Patricia Casey hopes new website dispels some myths about adoption in Ireland
Committee 'couldn't find' any anti-abortion medical experts to argue for Eighth
Noone: No Irish-based consultants or GPs ‘made available to Committee on Eighth’
Breda O’Brien: Mindfulness not the cure for all that ails us
Practice in danger of becoming another self-focused response that prevents us challenging skewed values
Sinn Féin TDs criticise colleague’s comments on abortion
Peadar Tóibín said more witnesses to committee favoured repealing amendment
Anti-abortion witness declines to go to ‘kangaroo court’ committee
US professor is second ‘pro-life’ witness to decide not to give evidence on Eighth Amendment
Chair of Oireachtas committee defends abortion witness list
Catherine Noone invites members to propose other witnesses after anti-abortion speaker withdraws
Oireachtas committee’s decision on Eighth Amendment was predictable
Committee cannot now cast around for fig leaves by inviting anti-abortion advocates to address it
Repealing Eighth ‘removes constitutional protection for unborn’
Prof Gerry Whyte of TCD’s Law School addresses conference on abortion in Athlone
Eighth Amendment committee comes under tough scrutiny
As it made its first crucial decision this week, fresh allegations of bias and a lack of impartiality were made against the committee
Oireachtas committee votes for abortion law change
Kate O’Connell says this is not end of the debate, but is a step in right direction
Top professionals twice as likely to marry as unskilled workers
Survey reveals ‘marriage chances’ by class which diminish right down economic scale
Marriage equality referendum groups register as third parties
About 20 organisations have registered with Sipo ahead of the vote
Georgian gem in Dublin 6
This double-fronted, two storey property on one of Ranelagh’s finest squares is on the market at €825,000
Miriam Lord’s Week: No limits on our two old Michaels
President and Minister have combined age of 144 – but it hasn’t slowed their gallop
Anti-choice psychiatrists undermine abortion law
Opinion: A society that aspires to be humane must recognise the reality of human difficulties
Taoiseach rules out making RTÉ accountable for Iona Institute payout
RTÉ head of television says €85,000 payout saved an ‘absolute multiple’ in the long term
Taoiseach dismisses call to make RTÉ answerable to the Dáil
RTÉ defends decision to pay €85,000 to John Waters and Iona Institute members
‘Irish Times’ columnist says RTÉ libel payment was not about the money
Breda O’Brien said right of reply to homophobia claim was ‘completely inadequate’
Pro-choice campaigners ignoring threats to women’s lives posed by abortion
Attitudes appear to be hardening to the degree that any abortion must be facilitated
Involuntary admission procedures for psychiatric hospitals poorly understood
Opinion: Minister for Health should have been clear that a suicidal pregnant woman cannot be summarily committed
‘No question’ of late terminations, says hospital master
Dr Mahony says Bill requires doctors to do everything they can to save a baby’s life
Screening for suicide an ‘insult to women’
Doctors need freedom to treat women, says TCD psychiatrist
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