Ryan Tubridy faces prospect of Oireachtas questioning as Dáil committee chair issues warningIntervention comes after PAC heard claims that RTÉ had ‘slush fund’ for expensive sports and entertainment junketsMon Jul 03 2023 - 05:00
Up to 2,500 ‘affordable’ homes planned for north Co Dublin under €40m Nama dealClongriffin scheme aims to provide cost-rental apartments with rents set 30% below market ratesMon Jul 03 2023 - 04:00
RTÉ facing fresh demands to explain €120,000 in hidden payments to Ryan TubridyBroadcaster faces another week of tumult over misleading statements about presenter’s paySun Jul 02 2023 - 20:49
RTÉ’s darkest week: Crisis around Ryan Tubridy’s hidden payments sends ripples far beyond Dublin 4Oireachtas committee interrogations, secret payments, a 'slush fund', sports junkets - the national broadcaster endured a torrid weekFri Jun 30 2023 - 17:00
RTÉ pay crisis deepens over use of €275,000 from ‘slush fund’ for sports junketsBroadcaster’s chairwoman brands €275,000 in spending on corporate hospitality as ‘outrageous’ as Oireachtas scrutinises use of Tubridy hidden payments account to entertain advertisersFri Jun 30 2023 - 05:00
RTÉ chairwoman concedes ‘shocking’ governance failings occurred at Montrose Untenable for Ryan Tubridy to return on morning radio show while controversy unresolved, says State broadcasterWed Jun 28 2023 - 22:04
RTÉ’s Leinster House hearing shows profound challenge facing broadcaster over pay crisisPoliticians angrily questioned station management’s line that departed former director general Dee Forbes was the only one to know years of public declarations about Tubridy’s pay were wrongWed Jun 28 2023 - 21:35
Ryan Tubridy rejects RTÉ’s claim he is out of contract as pay controversy deepensPresenter insists 2020 deal still stands even though his employer says it has lapsedWed Jun 28 2023 - 13:13
RTÉ fails to quell political disquiet over Tubridy payPoliticians react negatively to statement as it faces Oireachtas committee in absence of Dee ForbesWed Jun 28 2023 - 06:00
The most basic fact remains unknown after RTÉ statement on Tubridy’s unorthodox pay dealThe absence of a reason why the broadcaster failed to disclose large payments to its highest earner will be a lightning rod during the Oireachtas committee hearings to be held into the controversyTue Jun 27 2023 - 21:27
RTÉ pay crisis: Inquiries into hidden payments to Ryan Tubridy face pushback from ForbesDay of drama sees RTÉ director general resign while three top stars declare pay in fullTue Jun 27 2023 - 05:00
Dee Forbes resigns: The key questions now facing RTÉMany answers are still required, and the damage already done is unlikely to be the last of itMon Jun 26 2023 - 13:04
Tubridy payments: Fresh evidence of weak financial controls at RTÉ amid public angerPresenter will not host radio show next week as national broadcaster battles anger and backlash over failure to declare €345,000 in paymentsSat Jun 24 2023 - 05:00
Tubridy apologises as he changes tack with second statement on pay controversyRTÉ presenter apologises ‘wholeheartedly’ for what he describes as an error of judgmentSat Jun 24 2023 - 05:00
RTÉ board’s pay oversight committee ‘did not deal with talent pay’ to broadcaster’s top starsFormer chairwoman Moya Doherty led RTÉ's remuneration panel during time of Tubridy’s hidden paymentsFri Jun 23 2023 - 20:36
RTÉ faces crisis in relations with Government after misreporting Ryan Tubridy’s pay for yearsHigh-ranking Government figures quash any chance of an increase in public funding for the broadcaster after disclosure that Late Late Show presenter received €345,000 in hidden payments from 2017Fri Jun 23 2023 - 06:00
Hidden transactions meant Ryan Tubridy’s pay cut was a third of what RTÉ promisedTubridy’s publicly disclosed pay of €440,000 for 2022 almost twice Taoiseach’s €225,855 salary but declared earnings were not full financial pictureThu Jun 22 2023 - 21:24
Ethics watchdog member feared ‘credibility’ issues over rejection of Varadkar leak complaintNewly released records show Comptroller and Auditor General raised concerns in note dissenting from vote against holding an ethics inquiry into Taoiseach’s leak of medical recordWed Jun 21 2023 - 06:30
Years after the Varadkar leak, there is still no end to this affairAlthough then tánaiste claimed vindication when Sipo rejected complaints against him, dissenters’ criticism of his defence was starkWed Jun 21 2023 - 06:30
Private records reveal divisions among State officials on telecoms security law challenged by ChinaLegislation caused tensions between officials concerned at new ‘security threats’ from 5G operators and those charged with attracting inward investment from companies such as Chinese operator HuaweiTue Jun 20 2023 - 06:30
Irish officials clashed on impact of telecoms law on Chinese investmentState officials seeking foreign investment criticised cyber security protections that could be used to ban equipment from Huawei as ‘extremely unhelpful’Tue Jun 20 2023 - 05:00
Ireland’s neutrality debates: President accused of ‘gratuitous attack’ on forum chairTánaiste defends forthcoming public consultations on defence and neutrality as Higgins warns of dangerous policy ‘drift’Mon Jun 19 2023 - 05:00
Neutrality debates and the President: What is behind Michael D Higgins’s criticism?President questions role of forum chairwoman, saying ‘there were a few candidates I could have come up with myself’Sun Jun 18 2023 - 23:01
Central Bank silent on Odey Asset Management turmoilCompany’s Dublin business has been authorised by the Central Bank since 2011Sat Jun 10 2023 - 08:15
Revenue carrying out ‘work’ on Siteserv fallout after judge called for tax investigationGarda review of the 1,545-page report continues but no clarity on whether public bodies will take further actionWed Jun 07 2023 - 05:00
Attorney General questioned constitutionality of new telecoms security measures before taking up postSince his appointment the AG ‘has given no advice whatsoever in relation to the Bill’, says GovernmentTue Jun 06 2023 - 04:15
Owners of Dublin Airport land bank suggest they expect it to fetch €210m Three connecting lots of land in the centre of the airport are seen as critical for the airport’s long-term expansionSat Jun 03 2023 - 05:00
Social Democrats TD Catherine Murphy defends her actions in Siteserv affairDeputy insists she used parliamentary privilege only ‘very sparingly’ after attack on her conduct by Denis O’BrienWed May 31 2023 - 17:48
Anonymous sources posed ‘real difficulties’ for Siteserv inquiry, judge says in final reportMr Justice Brian Cregan calls for permanent commission of investigation led by retired judgeTue May 30 2023 - 17:52
Privately owned Dublin Airport site seen as critical national asset put up for saleProperty owners plan to sell 260 acres of land between runways considered central to Dublin Airport’s future, posing a question for the Dublin Airport AuthorityTue May 30 2023 - 05:00
What does the McEvaddy land sale mean for the future of Dublin Airport?At issue is potentially high valuation on airport lands — possibly more than €400m in this caseTue May 30 2023 - 05:00
Planning permission granted for 852 social and affordable homes on Central Mental Hospital site in DundrumThe Land Developement Agency recently told the Oireachtas housing committee that the risk of a court challenge to the development was ‘considered high’Mon May 29 2023 - 19:34
Irish watchdog opposed €1.2bn Meta fine, saying it would have no ‘meaningful dissuasive effect’Case centres on Facebook’s transfers of personal data to the US in defiance of EU lawTue May 23 2023 - 05:03
Meta’s record fine would break smaller business, but this tech giant has little to fearAs with previous penalties, the Facebook owner has claimed unfair treatment and resolved to appealMon May 22 2023 - 19:00
Meta fined record €1.2bn by Irish regulator for violating European privacy rules Sanction handed down by Helen Dixon follows investigation into transfers by Facebook owner of Europeans’ personal data to the USMon May 22 2023 - 10:22
President of auctioneers body resigns amid claims CEO sought to ‘suppress’ himDeparture comes seven weeks after a Co Louth auctioneer stood down as vice-president, citing concerns over governance of IPAVSun May 21 2023 - 18:40
Quinn Insurance administrators detail how they received tens of millions of euro in feesCompany’s collapse cost taxpayers €1bn to pay off its liabilities, with surcharge still imposed on motor and home insurance policiesSat May 20 2023 - 05:00
Coalition insists Quinn Insurance insolvency a matter for courtsMinisters urged to compel release of reports setting out costs of company’s administrationThu May 11 2023 - 20:17
Accountants and lawyers made €100m from Quinn Insurance demise, figures showInsurer and litigation linked to it were a lucrative source of fees for 13 yearsThu May 11 2023 - 05:00
Moriarty tribunal reimburses more than €400,000 to late Denis O’Brien snr and Isle of Man firmReport after inquiry into payments to politicians in 2011 accused businessman Denis O’Brien and his father of concealing informationMon May 08 2023 - 04:00
Quinn Insurance administrators got €375 per hour over 10 years for their workHigh Court filings set out millions of euro in professional fees incurred in the running of the failed businessFri May 05 2023 - 05:00
IDA spends hundreds of millions buying and developing ‘strategic’ sites outside DublinInward investment agency now one of biggest players in property market amid concern about shortage of housing for workers and pressure on power suppliesTue May 02 2023 - 05:00
Sudan conflict: More Irish citizens evacuated as fighting between factions rages onMore than 800,000 may flee Sudan as fighting between factions continues, says UN officialMon May 01 2023 - 20:09
Officials told to preserve files from time Esat was awarded mobile phone licenceMove comes as Government prepares to defend court action against 1995 licence award to businessman Denis O’BrienSat Apr 29 2023 - 05:00
The health coach and the docklands property: A post-crash ownership tale Health coach connected to Nama-bound developer ended up with half share in heavily indebted East Wall business parkFri Apr 28 2023 - 06:00
Tributes paid to Mary Kerrigan, former barrister, journalist and political adviserTánaiste Micheál Martin saluted the former adviser to Albert Reynolds and Charlie McCreevyWed Apr 26 2023 - 21:46
PwC paid €53m to settle €900m claim over Quinn Insurance collapseInsurance Compensation Fund to benefit from between €20m and €30m once fees have been deducted from settlement sumWed Apr 19 2023 - 03:00
Microsoft sends ‘non-taxable’ €98 billion to US via little-known Irish firmDublin company that manages investments for group has no employees other than directorsSat Apr 08 2023 - 05:00
Developer on Housing Commission seeks vacant land tax exemption for more than 20 properties in Cork Michael O’Flynn says the properties should not have been designated as liable for taxationMon Apr 03 2023 - 03:15
Need for homes on State land is clear, but is it matched by the will to make it happen?Housing crisis: Land Development Agency says public lands could be used for 67,000 affordable homes, although big hurdles remainTue Mar 28 2023 - 21:37
