Uisce Éireann employee receives €32,500 performance-related award on top of salaryWater utility tells Dail Public Accounts Committee it would lose staff if current pay model not retained Thu Nov 06 2025 - 18:11
Almost €150m spent on preparations for new National Maternity HospitalDesign team fees for the project now exceed €36m, Dáil Public Accounts Committee told Thu Nov 06 2025 - 10:03
Dublin drainage project will not be operational for six years ‘at best’, says Uisce ÉireannFurther delays to key projects will have ‘serious consequences’ for housing and economic growthWed Nov 05 2025 - 16:40
Ministers and key hospitals clash over financial controlsMinisters intervene to insist new €200m management system is deployed across voluntary and HSE hospitalsMon Nov 03 2025 - 06:00
Who runs the country’s hospital system?Governance of Ireland’s public hospital structure is complex and now Ministers are involved in a long-running disputeSat Nov 01 2025 - 06:00
RTÉ records €5.5m surplus in 2024 after €9.1m deficit in previous yearMinister for Housing to update Cabinet on social and affordable housing figures for second quarter of 2025Wed Oct 29 2025 - 06:00
RTÉ increases provision in accounts for historic payments including to widow of former director general Broadcaster also seeking to establish ownership of piece of art which has been in RTÉ’s possession for many years Tue Oct 28 2025 - 15:05
OPW spent €180,000 on advice on potential impact of MetroLinkState body says it had sought specialist planning and engineering advice on effects metro system may have on its propertiesSat Oct 25 2025 - 06:00
About 500 people subject to deportation orders living in international protection facilitiesCommittee members raise concerns about processes for assessing age of unaccompanied asylum seekersThu Oct 23 2025 - 18:24
Cost of housing a prisoner runs to almost €100,000 annuallyDáil group to also hear 60,000 people from states such as Brazil and India arrived in Republic in year to April and between 2022 and last year, 159,000 came seeking protectionThu Oct 23 2025 - 06:00
New Dart trains aimed at boosting capacity and easing overcrowding delayed until early 2027Irish Rail says there will be a revised timeline for a new fleet originally scheduled to go into operation on Drogheda route this yearWed Oct 22 2025 - 15:07
Merck to close Arklow plant with loss of 100 jobsConsultation with workers and trade union Siptu to take placeWed Oct 22 2025 - 13:01
Why is it that IT projects do not come in on budget and on time?Expert says issue is not unique to Ireland or the public sectorTue Oct 21 2025 - 06:00
Rotunda Hospital calls for review of planning process amid objections to new €100m critical care wingDublin Civil Trust argues proposed building would transform western side of Parnell Square ‘into a street’Mon Oct 20 2025 - 06:00
DAA board views payout to CEO Kenny Jacobs as lower cost settlement option with reduced risks, minister toldDAA board agreed to a payout of just under €1m for CEO following mediation process, after a rift emerged between the two sidesFri Oct 17 2025 - 18:25
Loss of up to €7m on medical devices a ‘defining collapse’ in HSE governance, says chief ‘People failed at their jobs’ after authorising payments without checking goods had been received, Bernard Gloster saidThu Oct 16 2025 - 16:46
Reform governance code for State bodies, Institute of Directors urges GovernmentPotential candidates concerned about potential reputational risk involved in State organisation board posts, says groupThu Oct 16 2025 - 05:00
Expired Covid-19 vaccines worth €12m likely to be written off, HSE saysHealth service also faces €7.4m bill to have obsolete personal protective equipment destroyedWed Oct 15 2025 - 18:23
HSE could face ‘an overall loss’ of between €5m-€7m from dealing with one supplierPublic Accounts Committee to be told there is no hope of recovering lossesWed Oct 15 2025 - 06:00
Government working on plan to use AI and apps to solve public sector issuesOireachtas committee hears concept being envisaged could ultimately lead to the creation of exportable intellectual propertyTue Oct 14 2025 - 13:17
Excessive numbers of credit cards, vehicles at fisheries protection body, watchdog findsReport details EV chargers at staff homes, uninsured vehicles and €278,000 Revenue settlementThu Oct 09 2025 - 21:00
Beaumont Hospital integrated payroll and HR system will cost about €3m more than projectedDáil Public Accounts Committee hears that IT project was never put out to tenderThu Oct 09 2025 - 16:01
Minister says climate costs warning is ‘back of envelope stuff’Darragh O’Brien says he does not believe Ireland will face fines of up to €26 billionWed Oct 08 2025 - 19:39
Health service short of maximum value from increased State investment, says MinisterAccess-to-care variations between regions ‘unacceptable and avoidable’, says Jennifer Carroll MacNeill Wed Oct 08 2025 - 19:13
O’Brien says he had ‘detailed and frank’ talks with DAA chair and board over issues at companyMinister says he is assessing a report he has received which is believed to centre on the future of chief executive Kenny JacobsWed Oct 08 2025 - 17:40
Beaumont Hospital sought €25,000 for patients already funded by HSE, auditors findNational fund suspended insourcing payments to Beaumont last April on foot of ‘potential financial irregularities’Wed Oct 08 2025 - 06:00
State to provide €9m for Ryder Cup preparations next yearFunding to be allocated for bypass around Adare village, which will host golf competition in 2027Tue Oct 07 2025 - 20:03
Health service to get record €27.4bn for extra beds and 3,300 more staffChambers says there will be 220 additional acute beds but greater focus on productivity in health sector next yearTue Oct 07 2025 - 16:56
Trump administration wants Irish Government to press EU for more political speech protectionsWashington believes government bans on disinformation or hate speech are generally not permissibleTue Oct 07 2025 - 06:00
TG4 board seeks pay rise for its director generalIrish language broadcaster says salary for its ard-stiúrthóir has not increased in nearly a decadeMon Oct 06 2025 - 10:00
A year after the €330,000 Dáil bike shed, is there still a ‘money doesn’t matter’ culture?Office of Public Works insists new structures are now in place to protect against overspending but critics are not so sureMon Oct 06 2025 - 06:00
Ship seized in largest cocaine haul now costing the State €110,000 per weekMoored in the port of Cork, MV Matthew is considered an environmental, ecological and economic risk Sun Oct 05 2025 - 06:00
‘Enabling’ works on MetroLink could start in 2027, says MinisterDarragh O’Brien says two consortiums have confirmed they will bid for the projectFri Oct 03 2025 - 06:00
Two consortiums will bid to build long-awaited MetroLink Dublin line expected to begin operating in mid-2030s, providing 20-minute airport-to-city journeysThu Oct 02 2025 - 19:17
Budget 2026: No changes to personal income tax plannedProposed €9.4bn package ‘poses a risk of overheating the economy’, oversight committee warnsThu Oct 02 2025 - 06:00
St Vincent's in Dublin among hospitals where Minister has ‘deep concern’ over emergency careJennifer Carroll MacNeill warns of ‘heightened risk to patients’ if underlying issues not tackledWed Oct 01 2025 - 18:03
CHI board concerned three years ago over insourcing in hospitalsHSE chiefs to update Oireachtas committee on use of private companies which used public-service personnel and facilities after hours to reduce waiting listsWed Oct 01 2025 - 08:00
From €70m tag for mooted museum to overcharging for emergency accommodation: Six things we learned from C&AG reportComptroller and Auditor General says TB infection rates in cattle rising despite €100m eradication schemeTue Sept 30 2025 - 19:03
Social housing retrofitting target unlikely to be met, says oversight group for councilsNational Oversight and Audit Commission says 4,251 local authority housing units vacant at end of last yearTue Sept 30 2025 - 06:00
Dublin Metro linking city centre with airport may now open in stagesTesting and starting services on railway in phases could cut multi-billion euro project’s costsMon Sept 29 2025 - 10:00
Former Rehab chief Angela Kerins submits legal bills of €2.1m to OireachtasClerk of Dáil tells Public Accounts Committee controversy over €300,000 bike shed caused reputational damageThu Sept 25 2025 - 14:20
RTÉ could increase director general pay by €50,000 under new pay structures Government to propose new pay band between existing rate of €250,000 paid to Kevin Bakhurst and a maximum of €300,000Thu Sept 25 2025 - 06:00
UCD pays close to €1m to Revenue over VAT underpaymentBill includes interest payment of more than €230,000Thu Sept 25 2025 - 06:00
Siptu seeks clarity on whether Bord na Móna chief plans to repay controversial €57,000 perkUnion says workers deserve transparency over payment which covered benefit in kindWed Sept 24 2025 - 06:00
Consultant working in a public hospital received €963,000 in a yearNew report shows one individual working in a public hospital received €963,000 in payments in the same yearTue Sept 23 2025 - 06:00
How a car crash in Dublin 4 drove public-sector CEO salaries higherResignation of EirGrid chief has had downstream consequences for Government over top-level payMon Sept 22 2025 - 06:00
Bord na Móna chief’s €50,000 ‘grossing up’ arrangement drew departmental ire Fine Gael TD angry that ‘Joe Soaps’ would be shocked that chief executive’s benefit-in-kind bill covered by semi-State firmMon Sept 22 2025 - 06:00
Bord na Móna halted CEO’s ‘grossing up’ payments for fear of public outcryEarnings covering Tom Donnellan’s health cover and car risked undermining public pay policy, department documents showMon Sept 22 2025 - 06:00
Neale Richmond to warn of ‘unnecessary suffering’ as international donors cut overseas aidGovernment to say Ireland spending record amounts as it launches annual report of Irish AidFri Sept 19 2025 - 06:00
Minister for Health briefed on Drogheda hospital concern weeks before patientsPatients advised of file reviews 11 weeks after HSE raised it with department, Labour’s Ged Nash saysFri Sept 19 2025 - 06:00
