Exclusive – an unpublished report into the Stardust disaster claims the cause of the fire was not arson, as was concluded by the original inquiry in 1982. By Frank Connolly

The Catholic church exploits its elusive status as a state to invoke diplomatic immunity to shield its sex abusers, but refuses to cooperate with international war courts. Eamon McCann reports

A timeline of Bertiegate from September 2006 when details of the enquiry into Bertie's finances were first reported in the press.

Seán Lemass was Taoiseach in 1966 for the 50th anniversary of 1916. Here he describes his memories of the Easter Rising

The riots in Dublin were an expression of the anger of the most marginalised of Dublin's urban poor – the first time in living memory that these, the poorest in Irish society, have expressed themselves politically. By Chekov Feeney

In this week's Village, we exclusively publish British Foreign Office documents which reveal American and British complicity in torture. In the magazine, two of the documents are published, here are all four of them.

George Weigel recalls his time with John Paul II during the writing of his biography of the Pope, Witness to Hope

Another controversial planning decision in North County Dublin could become an issue in the forthcoming
by-election. By John Mulligan

Cliftonville FC has clawed its way back from near extinction to head the Smirnoff Premier League. Can the Reds tackle sectarian strife to take the Championship? By Ronan O Neill