Problem of maintenance persists 25 years after divorce introduced

Issue of support still operating according to laws dating to 20 years before referendum

Parents are being ‘eradicated from the lives of their children for no good reason’

There is no policy in Ireland to define, detect or resolve parental alienation

A family mediation service that works but has yet to be approved by courts

WIT’s pilot Family Justice Mediation gets couples to agree in the short term, preventing much suffering

Southeast college merger: a suitable match or a forced marriage?

Waterford Institute of Technology wants to go it alone as a technological university, rather than merge with Carlow IT. Where does that leave third-level education in the region?

Dublin priest says archbishops remind him of the Housemartins

Band found success with ‘mixture of populist politics and Christianity’

My divorce. Róisín: ‘Expect a lower standard of living’

Cupcake Bloke makes best scone in Ireland

Graham Herterich wins Goodall’s competition with black pudding and apple scone

That’s Men: Where is the child in family law?

A baker’s dozen of Irish books shortlisted in world cookbook awards

Books by Darina Allen and her brother Rory O’Connell among those getting the nod

Doctoral thesis confirms poor outcomes produced by our family court system

Opinion: Research shows judges often finds disputes over children difficult and distasteful