Fianna Fáil health minister Stephen Donnelly misled the public when he wrongly claimed that a controversial surgery for children with serious spinal conditions had been suspended.

Children's Health Ireland (CHI) ignored appeals from the Ombudsman for Children's Office (OCO) for information concerning a sick child whose parents had raised concerns about her care.

Disgraced ex-Fianna Fáil adviser Frank Dunlop continued to act as a company director from his prison cell despite being disqualified after his conviction for bribing public representatives.

Left wing protests were in fact expressions of democracy, of the will of the people, in the face of a democratic deficit. Last week’s protest was driven by ethnonationalism and transphobia imported, ironically, from Britain. They’re not the same.

Senior management at Children's Health Ireland at Temple Street knew that unlicensed springs had been used in spinal surgery in May this year.