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
HSE chief wants up to 10% of healthcare staff rostered over weekends by end of JuneBernard Gloster tells conference roster changes would be ‘big part’ of response to trolley challengesSat Apr 26 2025 - 18:57
Government and HSE appear to hate doctors, new head of the IMO says Dr Anne Dee calls out ‘underlying hostility’ towards doctors who are blamed for health service woesSat Apr 26 2025 - 15:33
Reimbursing weight loss drugs for all who could benefit would push State’s annual medicines bill to €10bn, doctors told Clinical pharmacoeconomics lead says one million people could benefit from weight loss drugs, but cost would be ‘unaffordable’Sat Apr 26 2025 - 06:00
Violent pornography’s pervasive role in child development must be disrupted, doctors hear IMO conference hears aggressive sexual activity is leaving women with serious physical injuriesSat Apr 26 2025 - 06:00
‘It’s a double grief’: Teachers talk of difficulties in standing before a class after a miscarriage ASTI conference backs calls for introduction of paid leave for those who have a miscarriage or are undergoing IVF treatmentThu Apr 24 2025 - 19:00
What Irish teachers think of AI: ‘It has great benefits’Artificial intelligence has a role to play in class, but educators are wary of scope for misuse by studentsWed Apr 23 2025 - 19:46
Teacher had to postpone having children due to restrictions on sick leave, ASTI conference toldJulianne Butler from Limerick used up sick leave provision which operates over a four-year cycleWed Apr 23 2025 - 16:57
Leaving Cert reforms ‘will hurt DEIS schools, but benefit those in private education’, teacher warnsASTI conference told of ‘chaos’ if changes to senior education cycle programme are introduced in SeptemberTue Apr 22 2025 - 20:58
Second-level teachers to ballot for industrial action over Leaving Cert reformsASTI delegates back emergency motion on Government proposalsTue Apr 22 2025 - 19:02
Teachers to consider industrial action over proposed Leaving Cert reforms Asti and TUI expected to table emergency motions at conferences which would escalate opposition to Government plans Tue Apr 22 2025 - 06:00
Curb education ‘overspending’ before lowering class sizes, officials warnMore than 50,000 pupils are in ‘supersized’ classes with 30 children or more Tue Apr 22 2025 - 06:00
Independent complaints process to be introduced for Defence Forces membersExternal Grievance System will deal with complaints of interpersonal nature from serving membersTue Apr 22 2025 - 00:01
New teachers will be fast-tracked into permanent posts to tackle staffing ‘crisis’Helen McEntee says move will give certainty to new entrants when applying for mortgagesMon Apr 21 2025 - 00:01
Documents prepared for Minister last summer revealed depth of botched Arts Council IT projectDepartment of Arts prepared three notes for Catherine Martin last July about the now-abandoned IT projectFri Apr 18 2025 - 15:30
Parents of patients call for public inquiry into spinal surgery scandal Patient advocates say health watchdog’s report leaves ‘more questions than answers’ amid ‘decade of catastrophic failings’ Tue Apr 15 2025 - 18:06
Leaving Cert reforms are being ‘rushed’ before schools have capacity, teachers warnAsti says half of schools do not have sufficient lab facilities for new science coursesTue Apr 15 2025 - 18:03
More than 50,000 staff now employed in Civil Service New figures show number of civil servants has increased by about 16,000 in last decadeTue Apr 15 2025 - 06:00
Disability service providers facing funding and governance challengesDepartment of Disability says there is a need to better understand and ultimately address the systemic sustainability and stability issues in sectorTue Apr 15 2025 - 06:00
Minister tells hospitals group to enact spinal surgery report recommendations fully and quicklyJennifer Carroll MacNeill to seek an update on progress by next week and to meet CHI board again on April 28thMon Apr 14 2025 - 19:56
Government planning reforms to tackle regulatory barriers Jack Chambers to bring in sectoral experts who can identify blockages and barriers to infrastructure deliveryMon Apr 14 2025 - 06:00
Carroll MacNeill to meet Children’s Health Ireland board over damning spinal surgery report Minister for Health to seek plan on implementing health watchdog recommendations Sun Apr 13 2025 - 16:55
Planned roll-out of ‘living wage’ for low earners in 2026 faces delay Increases in national minimum wage ‘may be extended over a longer period’, says Jack ChambersSun Apr 13 2025 - 15:46
Ireland will ‘resist’ EU trade tax on US tech firms, says Taoiseach Martin cites damage to ‘significant sector’ in Republic if union should impose levies as retaliation Sat Apr 12 2025 - 11:25
Emergency helicopter ambulance service to remain in Athlone, says Harris Tánaiste opens new €1.4m hangar weeks after health and defence personnel could not agree on permanent location Fri Apr 11 2025 - 18:44
Russian Navy intelligence-gathering ship has now left Irish-controlled watersThe Defence Forces had been monitoring the Russian vessel for 36 hoursFri Apr 11 2025 - 13:40
Temple Street spinal surgeries: Unauthorised springs used on children due to ‘failings’ beyond one surgeon, say consultantsEvents ‘preventable’ with proper policies and procedures at Temple Street, says Irish Hospital Consultants Association Thu Apr 10 2025 - 19:52
Temple Street spinal surgeries: Taoiseach says use of unauthorised springs ‘beyond comprehension’Hiqa says failure of controls meant children were not protected from the risk of harmTue Apr 08 2025 - 17:26
Timeline: Background to the controversies at CHI over orthopaedic surgeries for children New health authority report is one of a number of investigations and reviews commissionedTue Apr 08 2025 - 09:16
Watchdog report to criticise surgeon over use of unauthorised springs in spinal operationsMinister to brief Cabinet on findings into controversy over children’s operations at Temple Street hospital Tue Apr 08 2025 - 06:00
Defence and health officials disagree over moving air ambulance out of AthloneReview finds defence personnel sought alternative site but health stakeholders favoured keeping service at Custume BarracksMon Apr 07 2025 - 06:00
New talent attaches to be appointed in Washington and San FranciscoSimon Harris says those appointed will aim to build links between universities and encourage student mobility Sat Apr 05 2025 - 06:00
Health service plans to save €630m: More weekend work, ‘virtual wards’, cutting medical supply and travel costsHealth workforce should be maximised by rostering personnel across five in any seven days a week, Cabinet also to be toldMon Mar 31 2025 - 23:59
State’s overseas aid sector faces ‘existential crisis’ over international funding cuts, Minister saysAgencies urged to be flexible to ‘ensure as much as their vital work continues’ after Goal job losses confirmedMon Mar 31 2025 - 06:00
Who got what in the deal between unions and HSE that averted Monday’s strike?Analysis: Patients will be the real winners says HSE chief as threat to service disruption this week is liftedSun Mar 30 2025 - 19:32
Aid agency Goal to lay off 30% of staff due to funding cutsMore than 900 personnel worldwide and 28 in Ireland are set to lose their jobs as global aid cuts biteSat Mar 29 2025 - 06:00
Former taoisigh among steady stream of politicians turning to lucrative career in PR-lobbying firmsOfficial rules restrict activities of former politicians seeking to influence those still serving but fees for consultancy can be lucrative Wed Mar 26 2025 - 06:00
Auditors uncover hundreds of cases of overpayment in HSE worth more than €5 millionHSE says it works to minimise any overpayments in an overall average payroll bill of about €7.5 billionTue Mar 25 2025 - 00:01
HSE proposes talks with union chiefs in bid to avert healthcare work-to-ruleHealth Service Executive boss Bernard Gloster prepared to meet directly with general secretaries Fri Mar 21 2025 - 06:00
‘Not viable’ for Government to provide funds to replace US aid programme cuts, says MinisterRichmond says there will be no reduction in Ireland’s expenditure on overseas aidFri Mar 21 2025 - 06:00
Social Protection officials may be allowed to sit in on Garda interviews in welfare fraud investigationsDara Calleary looking at legislation on this issue on foot of recommendations of review group on economic crimeThu Mar 20 2025 - 12:46
St Vincent’s Healthcare Group facing €12.8m deficit for last yearGroup that runs St Vincent’s University Hospital and St Michael’s in Dun Laoghaire wants more support from community services to facilitate dischargesTue Mar 18 2025 - 06:00
Harris denies Government’s ‘non-lethal aid’ policy for Ukraine is being stretched As Kyiv seeks funding for radar, electronic warfare systems and unarmed drones, Tánaiste says Ireland wants to do more to help Ukraine and solidarity has to be about actions and not just wordsMon Mar 17 2025 - 18:27
From ready meals to air defence radar: How Irish aid to Ukraine has evolved Government policy is that only non-lethal aid is provided, but the type of assistance has changed since the war beganMon Mar 17 2025 - 06:00
Ukraine wants to use Irish aid for radar, drones and armoured vehicles Ministers told the non-lethal items to be funded would be determined in consultation with Ukraine Mon Mar 17 2025 - 06:00
More than 15,000 international protection appeals could be lodged this year, Minister told Department of Justice to face challenges getting personnel to operate the appeal systemFri Mar 14 2025 - 18:07
