Anti-abortion medics feel threatened and fearful in a newly intolerant Ireland

Lay majority on appointments board is a concern, says Frank Clarke

Analysis: The outgoing Chief Justice has reached the end of a remarkable career

Analysis: Ruadhán MacCormaic on what new chief justice Frank Clarke will bring to role

Chief Justice candidate has series of important judgments to his name

Members of judiciary ‘extremely disappointed’ after comments in Dáil about Whelan

Chief Justice emphasises importance of separation of powers between Oireachtas and judiciary

Varadkar claims Martin said he would not go public about Whelan

Cabinet meeting hears criticisms over nomination of former attorney general

‘Máire Whelan is no Frank Clarke, is no Adrian Hardiman,’ says Fianna Fáil leader

Leo Varadkar response to controversy over Court of Appeal role will signal political path

Internet is a concern because ‘my generation knows so little about it’

Contestants describe using strikes to highlight reproductive rights issues as ‘gesture politics’

Deadlock in Cabinet, Electric Picnic, media reporting of murder-suicide and Ian Bailey

We could all benefit from women discussing how we should be governed

The issue of audience participation

Supreme Court judge excelled with people but struggled with objects, mourners told

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

Public life is poorer for the passing of the Supreme Court judge, historian and intellectual

Large queue of mourners runs from Fanagans Funeral Home down to Whitefriar Place