Commission set up following her uncovering of 796 child deaths at Tuam Home

Tuam home commission dismisses archaeologist’s suggestion of ‘burial vault’

Minister for Children says second extension granted to allow for ‘comprehensive analysis’

Commission of investigation to seek additional year to complete final report

Survivors and family members must be afforded a statutory right to information

The church’s playbook for dealing with abuse in Pennsylvania is horribly familiar

Katherine Zappone hosted event in Dublin, with more planned around country

Report recommends extending compensation scheme for residential child abuse

‘Many people who are religious, find themselves in an emotional heap,’ says Colton

There may be inquiries into the sale of Nama’s Project Eagle loans and the 1981 Stardust fire

Move comes after discovery of the remains of a ‘significant’ number of babies in Tuam

Taoiseach says next step in mother-and-baby inquiry is for local coroner to get involved

How the human remains were discovered in Co Galway and what will happen next

Women call for former mother and baby homes in Cork and Dublin to be investigated

Background: Remit includes investigating procedures in respect of children who died while in these institutions

Drumm granted legal aid for his upcoming conspiracy to defraud trial in Dublin

Commission is investigating allegations of abuse at institutions between 1922 and 1998

Up to 30 women pursuing litigation rather than applying for now closed redress scheme

Complexities of the arguments for and against the practice have been largely ignored

Test excavation on possible burial site at Bon Secours institution enters final stage

Judgment may have implications for other women who were not part of redress scheme

Judge’s priority had been the individual and ensuring system did not ‘grind him down’

Chair left vacant in Supreme Court for ‘colossus of the legal world’, who died aged 64

Noirín O’Sullivan says gardaí cannot be everywhere all the time

‘A man who made great and courageous efforts on behalf of those who sought justice’

Association of Catholic Priests commissioned critique of report ‘flawed’, says Archbishop

Bishops and senior clergy denied natural justice, says Fr Tony Flannery

Commission to focus on 14 homes, with report to be completed by 2018

Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation urged to confront the racism endured by children taken into care and abused because they had a non-white parent

Retired Catholic primate’s role in looking into Brendan Smyth allegations unclear

Adversarial approach eschewed in effort to avoid drawn-out process, writes Harry McGee

Judge grants consent order for possession of part of site rather than whole land folio

Remigijus Tuma (32) pleaded not guilty to possessing €180,000 worth of drug in 2008

Investigation officially underway following formal appointment of three commissioners

CSO figures show a strong class gradient in health status and life expectancy

Opinion: “We do not claim to have solved the problem of the points race but we stand over the decision to attempt to solve it” - Response to criticism of Trinity’s pilot admissions project

Inquiry should include all children ‘born out of wedlock since 1922 rather than institutions’

Successful applicants were up to 150 points below CAO requirement

Minister says Judge Yvonne Murphy ‘ideally suited’ to challenging role

James Reilly says commission will be ‘precise enough to allow it to complete its work in a timely and cost-effective way’