Holding the presidency is an honour and a responsibility, and we are ready to give it our all.

I don't think withdrawing from the courts is the correct course of action.

We must defend and vindicate these values - both within Europe and globally - and this parliament has a vital role to play.

Political, financial, military and humanitarian support for Ukraine must be coupled with ever-increasing pressure on Russia so that its cruel and morally indefensible war can no longer be sustained.

Because of this solidarity, the impact of that decision has been reduced. Thankfully we have avoided many of the worst impacts seen by the UK itself which the British people themselves increasingly recognise.

We will work as an honest broker to try to narrow gaps and to bring people together.

There are no democratic or humanitarian values which are flexible enough to justify the scale of death, destruction and displacement we have seen.

Mr Martin said their courage led to court action, adding that these prosecutions would have happened 'much earlier but for the failures of the State to investigate'.

Mr Martin also appreciates their view on the need for the commission's recommendation on the provision of a statutory criminal offence of misconduct in public office to be brought forward.

A definitive decision will be taken so that anything that's required legislatively, or whatever, would be done in good time before the recess.

The Taoiseach thanked the survivors for their courage, fortitude and perseverance which led to the establishment of the Commission of Investigation.

there persists also a zero-sum identity politics in Northern Ireland that does as little for the communities it is purported to serve