We used to call them counterrevolutionaries. Some would’ve called them petty bourgeois. Now we call them centrist dads.

A woman is suing the former head of the Garda National Protective Services Bureau in the High Court over an alleged incident that happened while he was a serving garda.

The attorney general told Darragh O’Brien it may be legally and morally justifiable to require banks to contribute to the state mica scheme because of the benefits they receive.

He warned there would be ‘serious consequences from a public finance perspective’.

Attorney general Rossa Fanning admitted the state mica scheme “may be of limited value” to many homeowners with semi-detached properties.