Court hears of 'appalling brutality' for mother, childrenA judge has stated that Tusla's child protection policies were found completely wanting in a case where a mother and her children "endured such appalling and sustained brutality" in a "house of horrors".
Court to hear challenge over Drumcree parade decisionA planned legal challenge to the Parades Commission of Northern Ireland's decision to allow an Orange Order parade to take place in Drumcree, Portadown is due to be heard at Belfast High Court.
Public library visits increased by two million nationwideVisits to public libraries around Ireland have increased by two million in the last two years, new figures show as National Public Libraries Open Day takes place nationwide.
Three arrested as man left critical after Kerry assaultGardaí in Listowel, Co Kerry, are questioning three men in relation to an assault in the town last night which left a 20-year old man in a critical condition in hospital.
