Fast, bloody and brutal. This is how one of Garda Donal Corcoran's victims described the attack on him during the Mayday 2002 protests. On Monday, Corcoran became the latest Garda to be cleared of charges relating to the Mayday incident. Free article

So the top three executives in Aer Lingus are to resign because of their "unease" at the pace and direction of government plans for the airline. Is this a crisis? No. The new chief executive of the Health Service Executive is now not to take up his post. Is this a crisis? Again no. Free article