The Belfast schoolboy was found dead in a storm drain in June 2020.

The 14-year-old school boy was found dead in a storm drain after having gone missing in north Belfast.

It has emerged that the technology set to be used to examine CCTV footage linked to the case was only available to police on a trial period.

A coroner has said he wants to hold an inquest into the death of the 14-year-old Belfast schoolboy before the summer.

Pearse Doherty had accused Paschal Donohoe of ‘chickening out’ of a Virgin Media TV debate.

The two men are due to take part in a different debate on Wednesday.

Paschal Donohoe said it would be ‘appropriate’ for details about Brian Stanley’s resignation to be given to the Public s committee.

The Taoiseach said he anticipated that the current IMF managing director would seek a second term.

However, Mr Donohoe said his focus is on his current work in Ireland and Europe.

The Sinn Féin president clashed with Taoiseach Leo Varadkar in the Dáil

Paschal Donohoe said an ‘unauthorised’ corporate donation of commercial vans used to hang up posters in 2020 exceeded maximum limits.

The public expenditure minister will make a statement to the Dail on Tuesday about the matter.

The Sinn Féin TD said the public expenditure minister must answer questions in the Dáil about the controversy over election expenses

The Minister for Public Expenditure said he wanted the information he was providing to be as “accurate as possible”

The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform addressed TDs in short Dáil statement on Wednesday evening

Leaders’ questions returned with a roaring start, as Sinn Féin accused the Cabinet of being ‘mired in scandal’

It comes as opposition parties increased pressure on the senior minister to take questions over the 2016 election expenses issue.

Mr Donohoe has indicated he is willing to comply, as the Dáil returns on Wednesday after the Christmas break

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He said he has submitted an application to amend his record with the Standards in Public Office Commission (Sipo), and apologised for the oversight.

Paschal Donohoe said he is conducting a "full review" of his records following a complaint against him made to the Standards in Public Office Commission (Sipo)

It comes after some wrangling within the Irish government over how an unusual Cabinet reshuffle may affect Mr Donohoe’s second term.

The Belfast schoolboy was found dead in a storm drain in Belfast in June 2020 six days after he went missing.

Police had investigated Stormont’s Department of Infrastructure in relation to the storm drain in which the schoolboy was found dead.

The decision was taken following an open public call for suggestions to name the bridge.

The Fine Gael minister made the comments on Thursday following the publication of the Annual Taxation Report.

The PSNI said it was unaware of any unauthorised disclosure of police information on the schoolboy’s disappearance on Twitter

Noah Donohoe’s family has urged the court to reject the PSNI’s application to redact investigation files.

The 14-year-old was found dead in a storm drain in June 2020, six days after he went missing.

Noah, a pupil at St Malachy’s College in Belfast, was found dead in a storm drain in June 2020, six days after he went missing

Donning signs and banners, people chanted ‘Justice for Noah’, ‘no PII’ and ‘tell the truth’.

The inquest into Noah’s death is scheduled to begin on November 28th and to run for three weeks.