Philip Ryan

Sinn Féin has accepted a polit­ical donation of almost €44,000 from a man who died in Kilkenny last year.

Sinn Fein accepted a political donation of almost £37,000 from a man who died in Kilkenny last year.

Almost 2,400 allegations of sexual abuse were recorded by 308 schools run by religious orders The allegations were made against 884 alleged abusers

Almost 2,400 allegations of sexual abuse were recorded by 308 schools run by religious orders The allegations were made against 884 alleged abusers

The scale of the extreme and violent sexual abuse suffered by children in religious schools in Ireland is likely to grow beyond the almost 2,400 allegations held in official records.

Labour Party finance spokesperson Ged Nash said laws on donations should be tightened. Photo: Arthur Carron

Taoiseach Simon Harris (Niall Carson/PA) The campaign to ban trade between Ireland and the Israeli occupied West Bank has received a major