Politics

Had Sean Doherty, while Minister for Justice in 1982, used the contents of a Garda file to have a journalist driven from his employment, he and the government he served would have been driven from office in what would have been regarded as one of the worst scandals of that era. Doherty's fate and that of the then government, led by Charles Haughey, would have been even more reviled had it emerged that Doherty had leaked a document from that Garda file to a journalist and then claimed he did so to protect the institutions of the State against subversion.

The slow rise and sudden fall of Ivor Callely. By Vincent Browne and John Byrne

Condoleeza Rice's "assurances" to Dermot Ahern in Washington on torture are meaningless. The US has redefined torture and almost certainly Ireland is facilitating torture by allowing CIA rendition flights through Shannon. By Colin Murphy, Sara Burke and Vincent Browne

Analysis of the question and answer session with Dermot Ahern after his discussions with Condoleezza Rice on the use of Shannon by CIA aircraft engaged in illegally transporting terror suspects to countries where torture, as understood in international law, is practiced regularly. This is an edited transcript with comment

Joe Higgins: Is the Minister struck by the nauseating double standards in many sections of the print media, especially Independent Newspapers, in their coverage of the sending of bully boys onto Irish Ferries ships? This has been reported in the most sedate language. Has the Minister contrasted that with the paroxysms of fury in Sir Anthony O'Reilly's title, the Irish Independent, when it vilified groups of workers such as those in the ESB and An Post who had to resort to some mild industrial action to defend their interests? The same title has an inglorious history in the events of 1913.

Once a member of Fianna Fáil and now ready to stand in Dublin Central, Mary Lou McDonald is the vanguard of domestication of Sinn Féin in the South. Profile by Colin Murphy

Enda Kenny rejects the front cover and lead story in last week's issue of Village

• The major drug problem is alcohol abuse and most violent crime is associated with it

The CIA have used airports in Ireland and across Europe in the transfer of enemy prisoners. Now several European countries are holding inquiries – while Ireland accepts US 'assurances' that they have not transferred prisoners through here
By Colin Murphy

The Labour leader made a false allegation against Declan Bree but his suspicions of double standards in Sligo may not have been misplaced. By Vincent Browne