Fisheries officer says he was sent bill for €24,000 for damages following crash in uninsured State car WRC hears IFI officer penalised, ostracised and singled out after he made protected disclosures regarding the insurance issueWed Apr 29 2026 - 08:00
New national children’s hospital further delayed amid ventilation issue‘Unprecedented 106,500 defects in the 5,728 rooms’ yet to be addressed by builder Bam, Pac to be toldWed Apr 29 2026 - 06:00
‘Astonishing’: €1.1m in legal costs paid by OPW over unbuilt children’s science centre criticisedState agency has legal obligation to deliver a building for €70m project, but recently told Public Accounts Committee it had no funding for itWed Apr 29 2026 - 06:00
Fisheries agency threw official ‘under the bus’ after protected disclosure, WRC toldFishery inspector says he knew letter to management on uninsured vehicles ‘would be like a nuclear bomb going off’ in the State agencyTue Apr 28 2026 - 09:00
Independent review ordered into €36m railway IT system amid concerns of cost overrunsMinister for Transport Darragh O’Brien expresses ‘dissatisfaction at the rate of progress’ on projectFri Apr 24 2026 - 19:22
New Irish Rail IT system is ‘a slowly developing shambles’, says Dáil committee chairmanOver €31m spent on rail traffic management system initially expected to cost €19.5m, with no delivery as yetThu Apr 23 2026 - 18:57
Three hospitals face total funding gap of more than €120m, Oireachtas committee hears Mater hospital says it faced possible insolvency and considered cost-cutting moves including closing wardsThu Apr 23 2026 - 18:45
Ireland considers designating private offshore wind facilities as critical infrastructureJack Chambers tells Oireachtas committee engagement on this issue is under way within GovernmentWed Apr 22 2026 - 20:06
Irish Rail board voices concerns over €36m IT project National Transport Authority also indicated likely cost overrun to Dáil committee regarding train management system Wed Apr 22 2026 - 06:00
St Vincent’s hospital has not signed deal with HSE as it ‘has not received enough money’Mater hospital to tell Dáil Public Accounts Committee it has an accumulated deficit of almost €50mWed Apr 22 2026 - 06:00
Robert Watt set to be paid €280,000 a year to lead Dublin city regeneration bodyFormer Department of Health head expected to be approved by Cabinet on TuesdayTue Apr 21 2026 - 06:00
Robert Watt expected to be named head of new Dublin city centre regeneration authorityFormer top civil servant’s €297,000 Department of Health salary was subject of controversy after initial appointmentMon Apr 20 2026 - 19:39
Dublin apartment builds up 13% but 40,000 units granted planning not ‘activated’, data shows‘This uplift signals that permissions granted in recent years are increasingly moving into the build phase,’ Government saysMon Apr 20 2026 - 06:05
Penalties of more than €17m imposed on bus, rail, Luas operators for missing targetsDepartment of Transport tells Dáil committee passenger numbers are continuing to surge and punctuality is improving Mon Apr 20 2026 - 05:45
Samantha Barry profile: The Cork woman who went from RTÉ to highest level of US publishingCork native is stepping down as editor of Glamour, as publishing giant Condé Nast announces shift in business strategyFri Apr 17 2026 - 15:16
Gas company seeks to cut off supply to school that owes thousands in arrears, PAC hearsSome principals and teachers going to work two hours early to ‘mop out schools when it rains’ Thu Apr 16 2026 - 17:37
Peak student numbers in schools reached last year, Dáil committee to hearDepartment of Education to say its capital funding is on ‘a more steady and sustainable footing’Thu Apr 16 2026 - 10:09
More than 1,300 who left direct provision in last two years sought emergency accommodationReport indicated figures did not include households that presented to services due to a grant of family reunificationThu Apr 16 2026 - 06:30
Report on claims about improper use of public money at State-funded body sent to gardaí Department says investigation commissioned by Skillnet Ireland experienced significant constraints due to persistent lack of co-operation Thu Apr 16 2026 - 06:30
Trump turns on Meloni, says he is ‘shocked’ by Italian leaderUN secretary general António Guterres has said 'there is no military solution' to the crisis in the Middle EastTue Apr 14 2026 - 19:33
Teachers to demand future pay rises match inflation ASTI defers proposal to seek 6 per cent rise until after forthcoming public service talksThu Apr 09 2026 - 16:17
Science teachers offered old telephone box to store chemicals, equipment and students’ workTeachers express concern they do not have adequate training, resources or facilities for laboratory-based researchThu Apr 09 2026 - 06:00
Teachers must receive substantial pay rise, ‘no ifs or buts’, says ASTIGeneral secretary of second-level teachers’ union says Government has not moved on from mindset of austerityWed Apr 08 2026 - 13:41
Department of Education faces €500m deficit amid funding rowMinister for Public Expenditure drawing up proposals for levy on other departments to address underfundingWed Apr 08 2026 - 06:00
‘Living pay cheque to pay cheque’: Teachers feel pinch of cost-of-living crisisRecent pay rises leave teachers feeling they amounted to ‘half or less than half’ rate of inflation’Wed Apr 08 2026 - 06:00
Education: More than 20,000 ASTI union members set ‘to be excluded’ from promotional posts Contentious issue of roles to be established by Coalition to support students with Leaving Cert reforms surfaces at annual conference Tue Apr 07 2026 - 20:19
Calls for fisheries agency to repay €60K spent on training before PAC appearancePublic body spending public money to prepare for hearing ‘ludicrous’, TD saysTue Apr 07 2026 - 12:10
Government departments are using AI, but one clear red line has been laid downMinisters maintain human oversight remains a non-negotiable component in carrying out certain tasksTue Apr 07 2026 - 06:00
Teacher union conferences expected to focus on pay as inflation increasesConferences also scheduled to consider workplace stress, school inspections, assaults on staff and impact of recruitment and retention crisisMon Apr 06 2026 - 06:00
Serious row rages over existing spending levels as teachers demand more resourcesMinister for Education seeks reset in her core budget while Department of Public Expenditure is concerned about rising costs of special needs education and school transport scheme Mon Apr 06 2026 - 06:00
Minister for Education seeks several hundred million in extra funds and budget ‘reset’Additional money would go towards special education services and school transport schemeMon Apr 06 2026 - 06:00
Attacks on undersea cables could cut off Ireland from global internet, Government warned Concerns over threat to key infrastructure raised in private submissions by Government departments and State agencies Sat Apr 04 2026 - 06:00
‘Immediate corrective measures’ ordered to tackle €150m HSE overrun in January and FebruaryNew HSE chief executive Anne O’Connor says financial position of health service after first two months of year ‘extremely concerning’Thu Apr 02 2026 - 18:33
Beaumont Hospital paid €1.5m to company in which 20 staff were directors without competitive processFinancial statement reveals hospital was hit by a €40,000 fraud last yearWed Apr 01 2026 - 18:56
Voluntary hospital chiefs seek pay rise to restore salary link broken 20 years agoHSE has been examining whether hospital boards were compliant with Government pay policy in setting CEO salaries Wed Apr 01 2026 - 06:00
Teachers to consider escalating industrial action over lack of pay risesUnion survey finds high level of concern that AI has changed practical meaning of what constitutes ‘student work’ in Leaving CertTue Mar 31 2026 - 15:13
More than a dozen cases of money going missing from Garda stations, Dáil committee toldOne investigation relating to sum of €1,100 resulted in criminal proceedings against a gardaTue Mar 31 2026 - 06:00
CIÉ plans to redevelop Heuston and Connolly train stationsCIÉ chief also says it wants to secure pension deal that would see 6,000 retired personnel receive first pension increases in 18 yearsFri Mar 27 2026 - 05:30
CIÉ’s new CEO Stephen Kent: We face ‘an existential threat’ over €4bn pension liabilityCIÉ’s new CEO Stephen Kent has ambitious plans to redevelop landbanks around Heuston and Connolly and build commercial resilience Fri Mar 27 2026 - 05:00
‘Serious allegations’ over former taoiseach putting pressure on fisheries agency, PAC hearsProposed severance deal for ex-Inland Fisheries Ireland chief also raised at Dáil Public Accounts CommitteeThu Mar 26 2026 - 20:59
Controversies and governance issues at fisheries agency very damaging, says department Inland Fisheries Ireland has been in ‘stormy waters’ for years, chairman to tell Dáil Public Accounts CommitteeWed Mar 25 2026 - 10:00
Doctors paid thousands more for special waiting list clinics than normal contracts Consultant services to clear waiting lists at Naas General Hospital were paid on fee-per-patient basis, audit findsTue Mar 24 2026 - 00:01
‘We are at a dangerous moment’: Action needed to prevent deeper crisis, Government saysMinister Helen McEntee urges deescalation to create space for dialogueSun Mar 22 2026 - 16:11
Children’s Health Ireland accepted €30,000 from concession holder for staff Christmas partyOffice of Public Works expected to warn that Ireland must be ready for increased flooding arising from climate change Thu Mar 19 2026 - 13:38
US committed to working with Ireland to safeguard ‘shared security’, says Rubio US secretary of state says Irish investment is supporting more than 370,000 American jobsTue Mar 17 2026 - 09:39
Irish Rail needs executive chairman, outgoing chair says in resignation letter to MinisterSteve Murphy stood down as chairman of the State-owned rail company in February after just two years in the post Mon Mar 16 2026 - 05:46
Department of Defence urged to improve protection of critical underwater gas pipelinesAttacks on infrastructure could cause disruption and economic harm, says Gas Networks IrelandSat Mar 14 2026 - 06:00
Damage to Irish subsea gas pipelines could take ‘six months to fix and lead to power outages’Threats to Ireland’s subsea gas interconnectors ‘very much a realistic possibility’, Gas Networks Ireland warns GovernmentSat Mar 14 2026 - 06:00
Budget of €2.2m for cancelled student grant IT project not ‘in any way’ realistic, department saysProject incurred costs of €6.4 million by end of 2024 while still in initiation phaseMon Mar 09 2026 - 06:00
O’Brien opposed DAA-Jacobs deal to avoid setting precedent for ‘generous settlements’Department correspondence shows Minister was not comfortable with ‘very substantial’ amount, believed to be €968,000Mon Mar 09 2026 - 05:45
