Appearing before US senators, Apple boss Tim Cook rejects accusations that his company is exploiting tax loopholes and says it pays “every single dollar” of the tax it owes.
After tense talks, Ireland’s cabinet agrees a bill to allow abortion to save a mother’s life. But pro-choice groups tell Channel 4 News the victory is small and will only help “minority” of women.
A week after the inquest into the death of Savita Halappanavar, the Irish cabinet is preparing the terms of the abortion bill, which is expected to permit an abortion if the mother’s life is at risk.
The husband of a pregnant Indian dentist who died in an Irish hospital, where allegedly she was refused an abortion, say he has faith the inquest will uncover the truth around her death.
The banking commission has savaged the way HBOS was run, but it is not the only bank that has struck terror into people’s hearts. Are these are the worst offenders? You decide.
Responding to yesterday’s election of a new Pope, singer Sinead OConnor tells Channel 4 News the papal office is “anti-Christian” and dismisses the Catholic church as “a house built on sand”.
A judge dismisses a legal challenge from the National Trust and allows the construction of a £100m golf course near the famous Giant’s Causeway in Northern Ireland.
Another Irish meat processing plant has tested positive for traces of horse meat, Ireland’s Department of Agriculture confirms.
Horse meat in “beef burgers” would not have been picked up by trading standard officers in the UK because we don’t routinely test for it, Channel 4 News has learned.
Violence erupted in east Belfast again last night with police firing baton rounds and using water cannon against rioting loyalists.
Police fear there will be a repeat of violent scenes in Belfast as the council returns, and claim senior members of the Ulster Volunteer Force are leading violence in parts of Belfast.
As the de Silva report on the murder of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane is published, Channel 4 News looks at the background to the case.
Pat Finucane’s son Michael tells Channel 4 News “I don’t see why I should accept there was no over-arching conspiracy” as the report into his father’s death reveals state collusion on a large scale.
Some 2,000 demonstrators rally at City Hall where loyalists torch an Irish tricolour but there were no immediate reports of clashes. Police blame paramilitaries for violence over the flag.
Speaking in Belfast, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says violence is “never an acceptable response” to political disagreement. But is she using her visit to launch a bid for the White House?