Kenny Jacobs and the DAA: How chief executive who ‘shook things up’ ran out of runway The chief executive who brought an elbows-out approach from Ryanair is departing, reportedly with an almost €1m exit packageFri Sept 19 2025 - 06:00
Two sisters to head separate Government departments for first timeSinéad McPhillips appointed as secretary general of Department of Agriculture, while her sister Oonagh McPhillips leads JusticeWed Sept 17 2025 - 18:20
Sinn Féin urges Ministers to reject proposed €1m Kenny Jacobs exit deal at DAAParty seeks DAA to appear before Oireachtas transport committee on the background to CEO’s departureWed Sept 17 2025 - 17:37
New financial safeguards planned for national maternity hospital projectGovernment seeks to implement lessons learned from national children’s hospital constructionWed Sept 17 2025 - 06:00
Security operation in Dublin follows suspicious package delivered to Iona Institute Army explosive ordnance disposal team on scene in Dublin city Tue Sept 16 2025 - 19:59
DAA and Kenny Jacobs agree exit package of close to €1m, pending ministerial approval Deal reached after weeks of mediation following serious rift between CEO and board membersTue Sept 16 2025 - 18:25
Council told Department of Transport about ‘frustrations’ at planning tensions with DAAState-owned airport company has asked local authority to raise 32m passenger cap at DublinTue Sept 16 2025 - 06:00
Talks ongoing over rift between DAA board and CEO Kenny Jacobs, says Minister Darragh O’Brien says he would have to sign off on any package for the chief executive if he was to leave the organisation but ‘we are not there yet’Mon Sept 15 2025 - 10:45
Minister for Health will not attend hospital consultants’ annual conferenceJennifer Carroll MacNeill’s meeting in March with the senior clinicians’ association was described as ‘tense’Sun Sept 14 2025 - 16:21
DAA chief Kenny Jacobs would receive about €1m under settlement proposals to leave role Payment proposal follows rift between Jacobs and board of State-owned airport operatorSat Sept 13 2025 - 17:39
DAA chief Kenny Jacobs close to settlement to exit State-owned airport groupA deal, which would involve a financial settlement, may be confirmed over the weekendFri Sept 12 2025 - 19:16
Lotto error allowed players who self-excluded to spend €3,200Regulator imposed €150,000 penalty on National Lottery operator on foot of incident, says MinisterFri Sept 12 2025 - 06:00
Pensioners unaware they must return ‘significant’ education and training board overpaymentsAlmost €774,000 overpaid to 32 ex-education and training boards workers, report findsFri Sept 12 2025 - 06:00
DAA and Kenny Jacobs engage lawyers to resolve boardroom rift at airport operatorFallout may lead to CEO’s exit from State-owned bodyThu Sept 11 2025 - 20:08
Almost 400 National Lottery prizes may have gone unclaimed due to technical glitchMinister says regulator withheld €23,000 from operator as a result of licence breachThu Sept 11 2025 - 13:00
Curbs on external firms in hospitals will have ‘some impact’ on patient care, HSE warns InsourcingThu Sept 11 2025 - 06:00
Rift opens up between DAA board and its CEO Kenny JacobsTensions at board level have been brought to the attention of senior Government figuresWed Sept 10 2025 - 22:08
Search for missing boy intensifies at north Dublin siteSearch of Donabate site entering second week after claims boy buried there four years agoSun Sept 07 2025 - 19:03
Doubts grow that planned State elective hospitals will be built before 2030sMinister did not secure sufficient funding to pay for all key health projects, says Sinn FéinSat Sept 06 2025 - 06:00
‘We are in McDonald’s but your son is refusing the food’: How Irish households are boycotting Israeli productsCampaigner says Israel’s assault on Palestinian territory has led to surge in number of Irish people asking: ‘What can I do?’Sat Sept 06 2025 - 06:00
University of Galway will not make new research agreements with Israeli partners over Gaza conflictUniversity president says existing research project into extracting green hydrogen from seawater will continueFri Sept 05 2025 - 13:25
Uisce Éireann warns housing connections at risk as €1.3bn Dublin sewage scheme faces legal challenge Project knocked back again after go-ahead in July following seven years in planning system Thu Sept 04 2025 - 11:53
Ireland keen for EU to maintain aid spending levels in next budget cycle Government backs programme to reform United Nations by improving efficiency and effectiveness Tue Sept 02 2025 - 06:00
US aid cuts to have deep impact on vulnerable people, Irish Ministers hearTrump to withhold funding for 15 programs, including several overseen by State Department and USAid Mon Sept 01 2025 - 06:00
Richest 10% of Irish households hold nearly half the wealthTotal net wealth of households here rose to record €1.25tn in first quarter, new figures showThu Aug 28 2025 - 14:56
Three hospitals paid consultants all the NTPF money received for waiting-list schemesNaas, St Michael’s and Kerry hospitals disclosed they had failed to comply with memorandum of understanding with agency, review revealsThu Aug 28 2025 - 06:00
More than 1,000 patient cases examined as part of review at Drogheda hospital Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital is taking a look back at all histopathology slides seen by one consultantWed Aug 27 2025 - 16:53
Dozens of Drogheda hospital patients had pre-cancerous cells miscategorisedSeveral dozen patients to receive letters from hospital over grading of their pre-cancerous cells on foot of review of work of one consultantTue Aug 26 2025 - 20:22
New ‘exceptionally beautiful’ planet discovered by Irish astronomersPlanet, Named WISPIT 2b, is believed to be a gas giant in early stage of formationTue Aug 26 2025 - 11:00
Simon Harris proposed doubling defence spending as ‘step change urgently required’Simon Harris wanted €3.4bn for radar, armoured vehicles, aircraft and surveillance equipmentMon Aug 25 2025 - 06:00
‘World order is changing’: Department of Defence argued for substantial funding rise, Harris notes revealDepartment of Public Expenditure’s financial offer would see State’s military capabilities ‘go backwards’Mon Aug 25 2025 - 06:00
Man dies following quad bike incident in CavanGardaí say man in his 40s pronounced dead at premises in KilleshandraSun Aug 24 2025 - 22:43
Man arrested after three children hit by car in Belfast Children, who were playing on footpath, have been taken to hospitalSun Aug 24 2025 - 21:05
Cost of former CEO employment dispute at Children’s Health Ireland exceeds €160,000Issued centred on clash between Government policy on term limits for chief executives in State sector and rights under employment lawSun Aug 24 2025 - 11:21
Dart expansion to Drogheda approved in move to supercharge commuter capacityNorthern line improvements may lead to controversial shuttle replacement for Howth suburb Thu Aug 21 2025 - 19:32
All schools expected to open next week despite strike by secretaries and caretakers, Department of Education saysBut Fórsa says up to 2,300 schools could be affected by industrial action over pensions, terms and conditionsThu Aug 21 2025 - 14:51
Cost of hiring agency staff in hospitals hit €380m last yearHSE says high spend was despite intensive recruitment efforts, but David Cullinane criticises figures as ‘completely unacceptable’ Fri Aug 08 2025 - 06:00
Ireland is exposed as Maga right attempts to take on Big Tech regulationConcerns are growing that EU officials regulating Big Tech could face US visa bansSat Aug 02 2025 - 06:00
US politicians visiting Dublin warn tech firms could pull back from Europe amid frustration at regulationUS congressional delegation tells Government of its concerns regarding freedom of speech restriction of the tech sectorFri Aug 01 2025 - 17:41
Medical device company paid €720,000 twice by HSE for the same invoice now in liquidationCompany is now in liquidation, and health service says it is engaged with liquidator to recover overpaymentWed Jul 30 2025 - 19:49
Ireland’s online safety code can continue but further legal challenges likely over regulationGovernment believes code is crucial in protecting children from dangers in digital world Tue Jul 29 2025 - 19:00
Review completed into Ministers who owe, or are owed, cash due to pension error‘Inappropriate’ to disclose numbers involved or details regarding those affected, says Department of Public Expenditure Mon Jul 28 2025 - 06:00
Inquiries under way into further allegations around waiting list initiatives at Children’s Health IrelandPublic Accounts Committee and Minister hears that consultant paid €40,000 in 2018 to treat patients on his waiting list at private hospitalMon Jul 28 2025 - 06:00
HSE paid €720,000 invoice twice using different systems, audit findsMore than €4m due from health insurers written off due to delays in submitting bills, HSE’s accounts for last year showFri Jul 25 2025 - 14:12
Second tier child benefit could leave up to 100,000 worse off, tax strategy paper suggestsReport says such a payment would involve the replacement of some existing supports and leave some worse offThu Jul 24 2025 - 17:03
‘Constructive’ talks take place between Minister and disability service providers, says department Organisations warn about ‘extreme risk’ to capacity for expanding services or sustaining existing operationsTue Jul 22 2025 - 19:46
Fast-track planning to speed up national infrastructure in €200bn plan Investment in housing, water and grid infrastructure, defence, prisons and sports facilities planned under NDP Tue Jul 22 2025 - 06:00
Ministers sought multiples of available funding as part of national plan review Spending on five key areas yet to be resolved in advance of launch of revised National Development Plan next weekSat Jul 19 2025 - 06:00
No agreement yet on how proceeds of Apple tax case will be spentDisagreement remains over funding for housing, health, education, transport and defence under €20bn revised National Development PlanSat Jul 19 2025 - 06:00
HSE to cut travel expenses and agency staff to tackle €218m overspendHealth service records €218m overrun on current expenditure in first six months but HSE aims to break even on services funded by Department of Health by year-end Fri Jul 18 2025 - 06:00
