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Cabinet to set up external review of Garda controversies

Fitzgerald to provide statement to Dáil this evening on breath tests and FCN issues

Frances Fitzgerald warns of individuals’ rights in tribunal

Tánaiste awaiting details from Attorney General on implications for those involved

Funding allocated to review Cork to Limerick motorway plan

Decision to allocate €1m a significant development towards making motorway a reality, say local TDs

Taoiseach dodges question on reported childcare tensions

Labour TD highlights reported differences between Katherine Zappone and FG TDs

Brendan Howlin chosen to be new Labour leader

Sources close to Alan Kelly say he is very disappointed election contest was not held

Fitzgerald looks to further statement from Garda Commissioner

Micheál Martin says hearings transcripts are in public domain and must be addressed

Garda Commissioner must step down, say Daly and Wallace

Minister for Justice insists she has ‘every confidence’ in Nóirín O’Sullivan

Thousands on welfare after leaving school, figures show

New reports examine outcomes for students who complete school and early leavers

Ministers face struggle to hold on to Dáil seats

Minister for Transport fighting to retain seat in Dublin Central, which is now three-seater

Labour declines to rule out rising fees for third-level students

Party pledge to cut student contribution fee by €500 to €2,500 in budget if re-elected

Taoiseach says resources available to halt gangland crime

Tánaiste calls for a full cabinet minister to deal with primary care issues in health

Sinn Féin says it would abolish Special Criminal Court

Party says it would reverse closure of Garda stations if elected to government

Minister rejects union ‘veto’ on institutes of technology merger

Jan O’Sullivan agrees that ‘full consultation’ is needed on Technological Universities Bill

Jan O’Sullivan pledges to cut third-level fees by €500

If Labour returns to government Minister says reduction will come into force next year

Minister calls for new laws for unbaptised pupils

O’Sullivan wants denominational schools to set aside places for non-Christian children

‘Time to get real’ on how Garda members feeling - AGSI chief

Initiatives to address welfare and morale among gardaí being developed for 2016

Garda morale low, reveals staff association survey

Rank-and-file gardaí seek pay rise as part of review process under Haddington Road deal

Employers would contribute to third-level costs under proposals

If findings in report implemented, a rise in training levy could generate up to €100m

Plan to increase access to third level for 1,500 poorer students

Some 90 per cent of those from affluent areas go to college, 15 per cent do so from poorer areas

Crime cases dismissed over delays in searching computers

Cases involving child sex abuse, stalking and serious organised crime affected

Rule on priority of primary-level religion classes to go

Rule 68 states that religious instruction ‘by far the most important’ part of curriculum’

Limerick school allows student opt out of religious education class

Student will have to remain in classroom in Castletroy College but will not have to participate

Schools should accept pupils on proximity - O'Sullivan

Jan O’Sullivan says future reform of admissions needed to ensure equal access

Crime strategy to target 200 most prolific burglars

Operation Thor will see six gangs targeted and make it easier for offenders to be tagged

James Reilly defends school completion programme

Minister says initiative benefits from being under remit of Child and Family Agency

Unfair questions alleged in interview for senior Garda post

Court refuses injunctions to Assistant Commissioner who claimed political questioning

Garda ‘on same page’ as PSNI on IRA threat, O’Sullivan says

Frances Fitzgerald says ‘no blind eye’ will be turned to actions of Provisional IRA

Capital plan: O’Sullivan expects 62,000 extra school places

Initiative includes funds for 19,000 primary spaces and 43,000 at post primary

Garda Commissioner O’Sullivan failed to inform predecessor of crucial facts

Martin Callinan disadvantaged during crisis due to “internal communication failures”

Asylum seekers to receive student grants for first time

Minister announces third-level funding for those who have been in system for five years

Ukrainian student to get RCSI place without fees

Rules meant Anna Kern faced large cost for place at Royal College of Surgeons

Minister may review Leaving Cert maths bonus points

Results show uptake for higher level maths has levelled off after several years of growth

Extra 610 special needs assistants approved for September

Delay in confirming SNA allocations for next academic year angered schools and parents

Children in homeless services up 62 per cent in Dublin area, Dáil told

Independent TD Maureen O’Sullivan says children not in natural family environment

Thousands of teachers protest over Junior Cycle reform

Lunch demonstrations by ASTI and TUI mounted over objections to student assessment

Garda involvement in Yes campaign event ‘not appropriate’

Registration event involving gardaí called off after backlash from No campaigners

Childline received 300 ‘urgent risk of suicide’ calls last year

Children feel they cannot add to their parents’ worries around the recession

Garda Commissioner to look at involvement in photocall

Nóirín O’Sullivan says it was not appropriate that garda was part of Yes side photocall

Fair access to education

School admissions

Cabinet approves plan to make schools publish admissions criteria

Aim of Bill is to address ‘soft barriers’ which may sometimes be used to exclude children from particular backgrounds

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