State to purchase Citywest hotel for €148m and use it as asylum seeker accommodation Minister for Justice Jim O’Callaghan says decision represents value with sum to be clawed back over a period of four years due to savingsTue Jun 17 2025 - 19:04
Legislation to extend rent pressure zones to entire country to be rushed through Dáil and SeanadEmergency law will mean remaining 55 out of 166 electoral areas to become RPZs this monthTue Jun 17 2025 - 06:00
State must meet ‘unprecedented challenges’ against backdrop of significant economic threats, says TaoiseachPre-budget National Economic Dialogue on Monday to hear calls for accelerated housing and infrastructure deliveryMon Jun 16 2025 - 06:00
Builders include provision for €500m in contingency costs for new maternity hospital New National Maternity Hospital could cost up to €2 billion to complete Mon Jun 16 2025 - 06:00
Beaumont billed NTPF for patients seen in routine clinics, doctors claimConcerns sent by consultants to chairwoman was catalyst for NTPF suspending funding for initiative to tackle waiting listSat Jun 14 2025 - 06:00
Semi-state CEOs: What do they earn and should they be paid more? New Government structures mean many heads of commercial State companies will seek pay packet increase following reviewFri Jun 13 2025 - 06:00
Beaumont Hospital has NTPF waiting list funding suspended over ‘potential financial irregularities’Dublin hospital drawn into funding controversy as Crumlin children’s hospital identified as subject of prior concernsWed Jun 11 2025 - 21:04
Two HSE staff suspended with pay or on administrative leave for 11 yearsFigures show more than 40 personnel in health service in similar situations since 2014Mon Jun 09 2025 - 06:00
Concern Worldwide faces shutdown in some countries amid budget cuts, lost US fundingIrish international humanitarian agency says more jobs at riskMon Jun 09 2025 - 06:00
HSE was aware of report on allegations of toxic culture and waiting list irregularities, CHI tells MinisterInternal report ‘discussed’ with senior Health Service Executive figure at performance review meetingsSat Jun 07 2025 - 06:00
Frustration in Government over continual revelations from CHIGardaí and Medical Council now involved as fall out continues over reports of in-fighting and patient safety concerns Sat Jun 07 2025 - 06:00
CHI funding from NTPF will resume imminently, says Department of HealthPayments were suspended for ‘insourcing’ at CHI on foot of internal report suggesting irregularities about scheme operationFri Jun 06 2025 - 11:55
National Treatment Purchase Fund seeks assurances from all hospitals that rules of waiting-list schemes being followedConcerns over operation of special waiting-list clinics at CHI have seen NTPF funding to children’s hospital group suspended pending a review Thu Jun 05 2025 - 14:12
US diplomats met Irish media watchdog as tensions rise in Washington over regulation of tech firms Coimisiún na Meán says it met ‘representatives from the US State Department following a request from the US Embassy to better understand its functions’Thu Jun 05 2025 - 11:39
Children’s Health Ireland report referred to gardaíReport highlights irregularities and ‘toxic’ work culture at hospital run by CHIWed Jun 04 2025 - 22:12
CHI consultant at centre of review did not fulfil on-call hours for three years due to ‘health issues’Consultant saw twice as many patients in weekend clinic as his regular weekday equivalentWed Jun 04 2025 - 06:00
State’s NTPF suspends special funding at CHI over controversy around abuse of waiting listsMove follows the controversy around a hospital consultant who allegedly breached HSE guidelinesTue Jun 03 2025 - 18:19
More than 150 staff at airport operator earned over €150,000 last year, with one receiving over €450,000Chief executive of State-owned firm is not company’s highest-paid employeeTue Jun 03 2025 - 06:22
Doctors say they warned CHI of toxic behaviour by several senior medics Doctors outline experience in hospital concerned: ‘Belittlement, undermining of professional judgement and ritual humiliation’ Tue Jun 03 2025 - 06:00
Challenge by X to Irish media regulator’s online safety rules set to begin this weekCoimisiún na Meán to contest claims it engaged in regulatory overreach in parts of new online safety codeTue Jun 03 2025 - 05:15
Eamon Ryan backed higher pay and bonuses to attract best CEOs to commercial State bodiesFormer minister told pay-review group that fixed-term contracts also limited pool of candidatesTue Jun 03 2025 - 05:00
State utility firms told Minister chief executive pay limits posed ‘serious risks’ to organisationsPay review group told there were concerns about the potential loss of chief executives at critical time for companiesMon Jun 02 2025 - 12:10
Fund set up by Micheál Martin 20 years ago to cut hospital waiting lists under fresh scrutinyQuestions raised over governance and transparency of waiting list initiatives after hospital controversiesMon Jun 02 2025 - 06:00
ESB board had ‘significant concern’ that €318,000 salary was not sufficient for chief executive post Department of Environment told top-level pay review group ESB chief executive role should be competitively remuneratedMon Jun 02 2025 - 05:30
Expert group warned military air traffic control staffing issue would re-emergeReport from four years ago recommended special payment to retain military air traffic controllersSun Jun 01 2025 - 16:39
Public sector union calls for non-members benefiting from salary deals to be forced to pay duesFórsa says ‘free-riding’ is a growing problem for trade unionsSun Jun 01 2025 - 06:00
Arts Council takes legal action against contractors in €6.7m IT projectFury erupted in Government in February when it emerged the council had scrapped plans for a programme joining five existing systemsWed May 28 2025 - 07:30
Chambers refused to back open-ended RTÉ redundancy scheme, documents showDepartment of Public Expenditure set out several conditions for voluntary exits at broadcasterMon May 26 2025 - 19:00
Former Baggot Street hospital building to be sold on the open marketHSE says no State agency had expressed interest in taking over property, which has been vacant for several years Mon May 26 2025 - 18:53
HSE may focus on rostering staff on Saturdays initially as part of new reformsIf there are not enough volunteers, ‘a rota of eligible staff will be drawn up‘, proposes health service managementFri May 23 2025 - 17:57
Former minister for health pushed for greater freedom on CEO pay for some State firmsStephen Donnelly suggested publicly-owned firms, not receiving State funds, should have greater pay freedomFri May 23 2025 - 12:15
Cost of pedestrian bridge linking bus and railway stations in Killarney could reach as much as €5millionProjected price is nearly double estimate put forward in 2019, says NTATue May 20 2025 - 15:55
Disability service providers warn of ‘extreme risk’ to operations and ability to expand Boards of more than 20 organisations caution on ‘untenable risk’ to finances in letter to Health Service ExecutiveTue May 20 2025 - 06:00
Government says it’s spending more than ever on disability providers. The sector says it’s not enoughMicheál Martin said he would make disability services a priority after Harris’s encounter with carer in KanturkTue May 20 2025 - 06:00
Catherine Martin’s arts department backed pay rise for RTÉ director generalDepartment told government-established review that pay in top-level posts at RTÉ and TG4 had fallen in real terms since 2016Mon May 19 2025 - 06:00
Dr Mike Ryan targeted by political parties for potential presidential runIt is understood that the Labour Party has discussed the possibility of approaching Mr RyanSat May 17 2025 - 06:00
National Maternity Hospital says it was ‘coerced’ by HSE into signing service dealHospital says service agreements could potentially interfere with executives’ fiduciary responsibilitiesThu May 15 2025 - 06:00
Retired CIÉ staff in line for first pension increase in 17 yearsFormer Irish Rail, Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann staff set for pension increases of up to 5% in deal to be announced on ThursdayThu May 15 2025 - 06:00
Prison service negotiated with bishop rather than unions on new pay structure for chaplainsTwo-tier remuneration system for those appointed before and after 2015 should be ended, arbitration board rulesWed May 14 2025 - 06:00
National Maternity Hospital bill projected to reach 10 times original costMinister for Health expected to bring final business case for project to Cabinet after HSE examine submitted tendersMon May 12 2025 - 06:00
Public Accounts Committee to examine ‘profiteering’ on asylum seeker accommodation, new chairman saysSinn Féin’s John Brady said people have ‘become millionaires providing sometimes poor quality accommodation’Thu May 08 2025 - 16:26
Health service talks on weekend work for more than 10,000 staff deferredUnions say HSE plan for meeting on rostering up to one-tenth of the workforce clashed with annual conferences Thu May 08 2025 - 10:35
Taoiseach Micheál Martin accuses Israel of war crime over blocking of aid entering GazaOver 50 days since food and medicines have been allowed into besieged areaTue May 06 2025 - 17:01
Cutting red-tape and making business simpler is critical, says MinisterGovernment developing detailed action plan for trade diversification in light of tariffs and other challenges, conference is told Tue May 06 2025 - 14:49
Irish support for human rights and international law will never be compromised, says TánaisteIn significant speech on Ireland’s foreign policy, Simon Harris says neutrality does not provide Ireland with a magic shieldTue May 06 2025 - 10:58
Coalition to accelerate plans for ratifying EU–Canada trade dealAgreement paused after previous government’s approach deemed unconstitutional by Supreme CourtTue May 06 2025 - 06:00
State must ‘stand by values’, Ministers to say at Government forum Taoiseach Micheál Martin, Tánaiste Simon Harris and several Ministers to address Global Ireland Summit Tue May 06 2025 - 00:01
Extra cash for Defence Forces instructors under new scheme Minister for Defence set to announce new allowance for some 100 officer specialists Mon May 05 2025 - 06:00
Drug companies told some of Ireland’s largest hospitals critical supplies would be halted as bills not paidMater and Beaumont hospitals told HSE companies were putting their accounts ‘on hold’Fri May 02 2025 - 06:00
Rotunda Hospital gets additional HSE funds to resolve dispute that left it facing projected €6m deficitHospital chairman argued it was being penalised for increasing activity and treating more womenTue Apr 29 2025 - 06:00
