Unsigned allegations about fisheries agency referred to gardaí by TDsLetter purported to be written by someone close to the board of troubled State agencyFri Feb 20 2026 - 06:20
Cost of housing people fleeing Ukraine war reduces by more than halfPublic Accounts Committee to hear funding of over €600m allocated in 2026 compared with about €1.4bn in 2024Thu Feb 19 2026 - 06:00
Harris sketches out incentivised savings scheme to help ‘middle classes’No special savings incentive account, but Minister for Finance says the middle class should make moneyMon Feb 16 2026 - 06:00
24% rise in Dublin housing units built or under construction Planning approval in place across four local authority areas for more than 80,000 residential unitsMon Feb 16 2026 - 06:00
Ireland should avail of EU loans for defence if scheme reopens, says Harris State not ‘immune from the big threats’, says Tánaiste Mon Feb 16 2026 - 06:00
Additional payments of €60m deemed due to Bam as part of children’s hospital projectFurther €145m in dispute and subject to appeals in High Court, Dáil Public Accounts Committee hearsSat Feb 14 2026 - 11:00
Flood defence funding may have to be cut to pay for children’s science centre, OPW warns Building for national facility, which could cost up to €70m, must be provided by end of 2029 under arbitrator’s findingFri Feb 13 2026 - 06:00
Group behind planned children’s science centre says it would raise €25m for fit-outReport last year suggested it could cost €70m to develop the long-planned facility beside Dublin’s National Concert Hall Thu Feb 12 2026 - 06:00
Search for new Department of Health chief begins as Robert Watt’s term set to expireSuccessor will earn lower salary than higher rate granted to Covid-era appointmentWed Feb 11 2026 - 21:28
New laws will spell out necessity for health providers to share data with HSEMinister for Health tells Seanad of ‘frustration’ at some voluntary hospitals and ‘poor culture’ of sharing Wed Feb 11 2026 - 06:00
Design process on €700,000 Mount Merrion Park steps ‘could have been improved’National Transport Authority carries out review on project that cost €500,000 more than estimateWed Feb 11 2026 - 06:00
Over 3,000 applications have been made to defective housing construction block schemeOireachtas committee hears combined total paid to five designated local authorities to date is about €264mTue Feb 10 2026 - 22:08
Chairman of Irish Rail steps down after two years in roleFormer Dublin Bus chairman Ultan Courtney to replace Steve Murphy for a one-year period while recruitment process is carried out Tue Feb 10 2026 - 15:37
New youth-focused Irish language radio service considered by GovernmentMove comes as success of Kneecap and An Cailín Ciúin have boosted the language’s popularityTue Feb 10 2026 - 06:00
Sue, sue, sue: How Big Tech is taking on the regulators X has lodged seven legal challenges against Coimisiún na Meán, while Elon Musk has separately initiated proceedingsMon Feb 09 2026 - 06:00
Trade talks and visas could be used as leverage by US in EU tech regulation rowHelen McEntee says she told Trump administration EU legislation is aimed at protecting consumersThu Feb 05 2026 - 20:45
Nearly €14m for flood warning service not spent, Dáil group hears‘Scandalous’ that cash returned to exchequer, says Public Accounts Committee chairman Thu Feb 05 2026 - 19:38
US House committee on free speech hears from Irish barrister and Fr Ted writer Graham LinehanFr Ted writer Graham Linehan also urged US to press Ireland for debate on gender recognition legislation Thu Feb 05 2026 - 06:00
Schools to tell parents how much is collected in voluntary contributions and how money is spentMinister to bring to Cabinet proposals for new statutory charter to strengthen accountability in schoolsWed Feb 04 2026 - 06:00
What’s so complex about introducing contactless payment for public transport in Ireland? It will probably be another two years before we can pay with our bank cards on buses, trains and the Luas Tue Feb 03 2026 - 12:28
New contactless payment system for public transport may cost up to €270m Project, known as next-generation ticketing for buses, trains and Luas, will not be completed until mid-2028Tue Feb 03 2026 - 08:00
Graham Linehan to speak at congressional hearing on European big tech regulation Committee to examine ‘Europe’s threat to American speech and innovation’Mon Feb 02 2026 - 09:51
More than 1,600 references to Ireland in latest Epstein files References from potential $10bn deal for AIB assets in US to someone talking about Kerrygold Irish butter being spread on muffinsSun Feb 01 2026 - 18:38
Nearly 500 directors censured over last five years, Dáil committee to be toldCorporate Enforcement Authority tells Public Accounts Committee that 362 company directors were ‘restricted’ and 120 disqualifiedThu Jan 29 2026 - 02:00
Twenty-six whistleblower disclosures made against Inland Fisheries Ireland since 2022Government commissioned seven external investigations, with two upholding all allegations and two rejecting all claimsWed Jan 28 2026 - 06:00
Trump’s Board of Peace a ‘complete oxymoron’ due to Putin presence, says HarrisSimon Harris does not see any scenario in which Ireland would join Donald Trump’s proposed Board of PeaceFri Jan 23 2026 - 17:19
St James’s Hospital apologises over unauthorised €4.7m payment for servicesChief executive Mary Day says failure to use public tender process was ‘driven by urgent patient needs’ in cancer and cardiology’Thu Jan 22 2026 - 13:41
Report on whistleblower complaint into fisheries agency sent to Garda Documents show Inland Fisheries Ireland disputed allowing an individual produce invalid insurance record to GardaThu Jan 22 2026 - 06:00
St James’s Hospital management to apologise after paying €1.4m to firm run by staff for radiology servicesManagement to apologise for securing radiology services in 2024 without following official procurement rulesWed Jan 21 2026 - 06:00
Former Inland Fisheries Ireland chief begins case at Workplace Relations CommissionFisheries agency has had troubled history in recent years with a number of reviews and investigationsWed Jan 21 2026 - 06:00
Minister’s refusal to answer questions on DAA-Kenny Jacobs backed by Dáil chairCeann Comhairle Verona Murphy says Darragh O’Brien right not to provide answers amid litigationTue Jan 20 2026 - 06:00
Derailing US-EU trade deal ‘would have significant implications’ for Ireland Department of Finance documents, published on Friday, note agreement on tariffs of critical importance to economyMon Jan 19 2026 - 06:00
Number of Irish people seeking help over US deportations quadruplesFigures show number of citizens seeking consular help in relation to deportation from US has quadrupled since 2024Mon Jan 19 2026 - 06:00
EU to consider €93bn counter tariffs at emergency Greenland summitConcern in Dublin that EU-US trade deal could unravel with serious implications for Irish economySun Jan 18 2026 - 21:46
Taxpayers’ cash ‘not a solution for every problem’, Harris told by officials Figures come from briefing material drawn up for Simon Harris on his appointment in December as Minister for Finance Fri Jan 16 2026 - 16:26
Some retired public service staff live in State-owned homes with weekly rents as low as €12OPW says some former workers remain on properties under caretaking arrangements or on compassionate groundsThu Jan 15 2026 - 21:19
‘Pity’ Deer Park works cost €753,000 but new entrance is ‘a good project’, PAC told Building of ramp and 14 steps in Dublin park cost over €500,000 more than initially proposedThu Jan 15 2026 - 19:36
Deer Park steps in south Dublin cost more than €500,000 above original estimateFourteen steps and ramp in Mount Merrion park originally estimated at €200,000, official records showThu Jan 15 2026 - 06:00
New powers for Agri-Food Regulator to come into effect at end of yearRegulator will be able to compel companies to provide price and market information, although safeguards will applyWed Jan 14 2026 - 17:33
Dáil committee has ‘significant concerns’ about fisheries agency, department toldJohn Brady says issues ongoing within IFI for number of yearsWed Jan 14 2026 - 06:00
Surge in Irish people being deported from overseas countries, Minister hearsDepartment of Foreign Affairs briefing documents also warn of mounting resistance to ‘mainstreaming gender perspectives’ Tue Jan 13 2026 - 06:00
Industrial relations agencies annoyed at being kept in dark on collective bargaining planLabour Court and Workplace Relations Commission only found out on the day of strategy’s unveilingSun Jan 11 2026 - 06:00
Next year must mark ‘reset’ of relations between State and voluntary hospitals, says MinisterPlans for new national financial information system has been a source of tensionFri Jan 02 2026 - 06:00
Varadkar’s advisers received nearly €500k in exit payments after his resignation as taoiseachEight personnel received redundancy/severance payments in 2024, figures from the Department of Taoiseach accounts showTue Dec 30 2025 - 06:00
Transport security force will fail to stop ‘epidemic of antisocial behaviour’, workers sayPlanned force described as impractical and a ‘toothless tiger’ in the makingSun Dec 28 2025 - 06:05
Women to face curbs on private maternity care access from next weekInsurers told there no further extension of transitional period for consultants who signed Sláintecare contractFri Dec 26 2025 - 06:00
New restrictions will limit options for women planning maternity care, say consultants From January, operation of public-only hospitals will take step forward with ending of transition arrangements for consultantsFri Dec 26 2025 - 06:00
DAA suspends chief executive Kenny Jacobs pending new investigation Staff members received late-night email saying CEO would be taking ‘some time out’ from State airports group Tue Dec 23 2025 - 21:45
HSE must stop assuming more resources are needed for new services – Minister for Health Jennifer Carroll MacNeill says regional inconsistencies in different services must be tackledTue Dec 23 2025 - 18:42
Civil servants say targeted bursaries for teachers must be considered to boost supplyNaughton advised of shortage of personnel with qualifications in key subjects at post-primary level Mon Dec 22 2025 - 06:00
