We return once more to the murder of John Corcoran in Kerry 13 years ago. The cover up of that murder and the obvious complicity of the Gardai in that murder remain by far the greatest scandal of our public life. And yet, apart from a brief intervention by Dick Spring and a broken promise by the now Justice Minister, John O'Donoghue, not a single public representative has sought as yet to make an issue of this.

Fitzwilton plc, which is controlled by Tony O'Reilly, paid £30,000 to Ray Burke—then Minister for Industry and Commerce—on June 7, 1989. The payment was made by way of a cheque made payable to “cash”, drawn on a subsidiary company of Fitzwilton plc.

Brendan Walsh, Joe Durkan, Peter Neary and Sean Barrett speak to Vincent Browne about Ireland's economy and the prospects for economic growth.

The murder of Veronica Guerin two years ago next month (June) was a heinous crime. It caused deep shock not just among the family and friends of Veronica, but throughout the country. This was because Veronica had become known nationally from the time of the previous attempt on her life in 1995 and because there seemed something especially awful about the calculated murder of a young, beautiful mother in the prime of her life and career.

Bertie Ahern is confronted by an impasse in the  peace talks, a potential backbench revolt over proposed changes to Articles 2 and 3 and medio cre performances by many of his ministersy. Vincent Browne and John Drennan

It is hardly surprising that there is public confusion about the meaning and significance of Articles 2 and 3 of the Constitution, given that the Supreme Court has given directly contradictory judgements on them. There is confusion also on several other related aspects of the Constitution.

This is the transcript of a television interview with Mary McAleese by Vincent Browne. It was recorded on Monday, September 1, 1997, before Ms McAleese became a Presidential candidate and almost two months before she became President.

Following the attempted assassination of an IRSP member in May, and the disappearance of a former member in Paris in June, there are fears that the organisation is poised to violently tear itself apart. By Vincent Browne

THE 100 ISSUES OF MAGILL HAVE SPANNED the period from October 1977 to date. It has been a dismal period in Irish life. We have gone through the most serious economic crisis of the last fifty years, an economic crisis created largely by a combination of domestic political recklessness and vacillation. By Vincent Browne