Engineers say the state’s standard for assessing mica redress grants – which is being used to downgrade affected homeowners to cheaper options – isn’t appropriate and isn’t grounded in science.

Limerick mayor John Moran gets more than €25,000 a month in rent from his transatlantic property portfolio.

An outsourcing company paid at least €210 million in state contracts since 2012 is charging the HSE almost €30 an hour per worker for a major contract – while these workers are paid the minimum wage, less than half that.

An army captain court-martialled for illegal smuggling has been promoted to the rank of commandant.

The state knows a threat when it sees one.