Concerns over lack of inspectors for pre schools

South Tipperary General Hospital severely criticised for lack of staff hand hygiene and cleanliness

Our South East correspondent Damien Tiernan reports

High Court clears way for baby born to mother with psychological disorders to be cared for by father in UK

Dyane Connor reports

Controversy over the lack of female candidates put forward for EU commissionerships

Fine Gael MEP Mairead McGuinness is a vice president of the European Parliament

Continued gains by Islamist fundamentalists calling themselves Islamic State

Rosemary Hollis, Professor of Middle East Policy Studies at City University London assesses the threat

Electric Picnic Festival to get underway

Festival Director Melvin Benn on what to expect