Like everyone paying attention to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, I was horrified to read that a large group of civilians gathered for a peace demonstration near the Israel-Gaza border was mercilessly gunned down by terrorists with no regard for human life.

Fianna Fáil junior minister Anne Rabbitte failed to declare her interest in two residential properties. She told The Ditch that she didn’t declare one of the properties – which had four mortgages registered against it – because “the bank had commenced repossession”.

A charity run by senior gardaí and civil servants hasn’t filed annual accounts with regulators for more than three years.

Ex-attorney general Paul Gallagher is working for a multinational property developer on a long--running case in which he was previously listed as a respondent.

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.