Gardaí investigating what council officials knew of contractors’ payments to criminals

Inquiry centres on money paid out by firms on Dublin City Council scheme in Cherry Orchard

Barrister appointed to investigate council protection payment allegations

Review will examine relevant documents and interview Dublin City Council officials

Theresa May helped to divide Britain. She won’t heal it

May believes in justice, but not in social justice; in individual enterprise, but not in uniting communities

Rare books in war catalogue

Cork specialist responds to growing interest in Ireland’s role in conflict

Cork woman receives first Irish honour for saving Jewish victims of the Holocaust