Housing Agency board backs chief in controversy over sale of house to McVerry TrustBoard chairman says it reviewed the transaction and ‘no further action is required’Fri Aug 30 2024 - 21:16
Ageing Ireland: What can the Government do to deal with a rising and older population?As key services in education, health, housing and transport struggle with increasing demand, plans are being devised to deal with pressures from rising immigration and people living longerFri Aug 30 2024 - 12:25
Doctors urge ban on ‘destructive’ smartphone use by children under age of 16 Government should declare smartphone and social media use by the young as public health emergency, says Irish Medical OrganisationWed Aug 28 2024 - 06:00
Conversion of urban buses to zero-emission vehicles will cost more than €1.3bn, NTA forecasts Transport authority plans to phase out diesel and hybrid vehicles operating in urban areas by 2035Wed Aug 28 2024 - 06:00
New national train control centre facing potential €40m cost overrunDevelopment that originally had €148m budget could now cost €188m, report by C&AG suggestsTue Aug 27 2024 - 06:00
Laya was wrong not to pay for patient’s private care at height of Covid-19 pandemic, ombudsman findsFamily of patient has written to organisation representing doctors to highlight the findingFri Aug 23 2024 - 06:00
RTÉ says undisclosed settlement with top executive will be ‘reflected’ in accountsJim Jennings to leave head of content role at end of month following mediated process with support of Workplace Relations CommissionThu Aug 22 2024 - 22:34
Decision to scrap exam fees contributed to State Examinations Commission’s €2m deficit Leaving Cert and Junior Cert exam oversight body paid out €60,000 in a legal settlement, accounts showThu Aug 22 2024 - 18:49
Hiqa to advise Government next summer on whether additional ED needed in midwestHealth and social care regulator publishes terms of reference of new review into emergency department services in midwest regionWed Aug 21 2024 - 15:18
Prison Service should step up efforts to stop contraband entering jails, says report on prisoner’s deathReport published into death of 34-year-old prisoner at Cloverhill PrisonWed Aug 21 2024 - 14:44
Report estimates it would cost nearly €35bn to build social housing for all those in needParliamentary Budget Office calculates there were 115,425 households with an ‘ongoing need’ for permanent, State-supported housing at the end of 2023Mon Aug 19 2024 - 15:59
HSE directed to suppress senior post to compensate for role created for children’s hospital ex-chiefReassignment of former CHI chief Eilísh Hardiman to new position as strategic programme director in April followed ‘mediation process’, documents indicateMon Aug 19 2024 - 05:30
Firefighters, prison officers and military personnel can work for longer under new legislation New legislation on retirement age for uniformed State employees to be commenced on Monday by Minister for Public Expenditure Paschal DonohoeMon Aug 19 2024 - 00:00
Extension of MetroLink to Donabate may be looked at in future transport review, says NTAPopulation growth in the area and recommendations of all-island strategic rail blueprint review to be examinedSat Aug 17 2024 - 06:00
Laya Healthcare hike: Average increase of 6.5% for 700,000 customersCompany says new changes to benefits covering excess and shortfall payments will be introduced following a sustained acceleration in demand for healthcare services and rising costsFri Aug 16 2024 - 17:02
Donohoe signals more State funding for sport after success at the Olympic GamesMinister says there will be some ‘big and positive announcements’ about sports capital funding in SeptemberFri Aug 16 2024 - 13:09
VAT cut in budget could limit scope for lower personal taxes, says Donohoe Minister talks down prospects of return to lower 9% VAT rate as Dylan McGrath closes two restaurantsFri Aug 16 2024 - 06:00
Rise in national minimum wage from €12.70 to €13.50 an hour to be considered by CabinetLow Pay Commission understood to have recommended 80 cent increase per hour to the current rateThu Aug 15 2024 - 21:28
FG to commit to establishing new Department of Infrastructure in election manifesto, Donohoe saysMinister says proposal put forward by Taoiseach is ‘the kind of change that can make a big difference’Thu Aug 15 2024 - 21:03
Future use of GPO building could play key role in rejuvenation of Dublin city, Donohoe suggestsMinister says he is ‘open to really imaginative ideas’ for new use of historic postal building on O’Connell StreetThu Aug 15 2024 - 20:13
Irish company involved in concept study for new Nato helicopter Collins Aerospace, which has operations in Shannon and Cork, has been in Ireland since 1988Thu Aug 15 2024 - 05:00
State approved €550,000 salary for MetroLink chief after warning of potential risk to projectDepartment of Public Expenditure noted efforts to recruit project director at lower salary failed to yield candidate of sufficient calibre to manage likely ‘largest-ever public investment project in the history of the State’Wed Aug 14 2024 - 06:00
RTÉ register of external activities: Fewer than 1% involved payment over €10,000 Broadcaster says in February and March 133 instances of external activities approved but it was prevented by Data Protection Commission from releasing exact detailsThu Aug 01 2024 - 12:50
Health staff reform plan to end ‘traditional 9am-5pm’ work pattern‘Multi-use’ offices planned for civil servants to allow ‘best use of the State’s property portfolio’ under reforms linked to pay dealWed Jul 31 2024 - 06:00
HSE says extra payments due to staff shortage, with one consultant receiving almost €1m extraOne employee – understood to be a hospital consultant – received nearly €1m in remuneration last yearTue Jul 30 2024 - 06:00
US leads efforts to deter Israel from strike on LebanonIsrael blames Lebanon’s Hizbullah for rocket strike that killed 12 teenagers and children in the Israeli-occupied Golan HeightsMon Jul 29 2024 - 21:26
Irish citizens urged to leave Lebanon as tensions with Israel escalate after missile attackTánaiste Micheál Martin says if the security situation deteriorates, the Government ‘may be limited in the assistance we can provide’Mon Jul 29 2024 - 16:16
Government chose not to ‘penalise property owners’ with a higher vacant homes taxAbout 3,500 properties liable for vacant homes tax likely to generate €2 million in 2024Mon Jul 29 2024 - 06:00
Irish author Edna O’Brien has died aged 93President Michael D Higgins leads tributes to ‘fearless teller of truths’ who died peacefully on Saturday after long illnessSun Jul 28 2024 - 18:54
HSE employee was paid €700,000 last year for treating patients out of normal hours, report revealsTermination payment of €1.6m to outgoing staff member revealed in Comptroller and Auditor General reportSat Jul 27 2024 - 06:00
RTÉ news bulletins to resume in Northern Ireland after block over TV rights to OlympicsBroadcaster had said it would provide an edited news bulletin for viewers each night on RTÉ PlayerThu Jul 25 2024 - 19:31
Car congestion charge should be considered, officials adviseAnnual tax strategy papers ahead of budget also call for mandatory reporting of all inheritancesWed Jul 24 2024 - 05:00
Private money essential to secure supply of new homes, Department tells Minister for FinanceClose to €20 billion a year needed if we are to build 50,000 homes annually, officials told Jack Chambers on his appointmentTue Jul 23 2024 - 19:42
HSE staffing strategy will see 2,000 posts abolished and affect patient safety, unions sayHealth service chief recently told senior managers staffing ‘now at a level not previously seen and continues to grow’Mon Jul 22 2024 - 14:12
Number of healthcare managerial staff earning between €100,000 and €150,000 increased by 10% New HSE figures show 330 staff in managerial and administrative roles were in this earning category last yearMon Jul 22 2024 - 06:00
Despite HSE claims of record staff numbers, unions say hospital levels are insufficientManagement says nearly 25,000 more health workers than in 2019 but unions argue posts vacant at the end of last year have effectively been suppressedMon Jul 22 2024 - 06:00
Clinical nurse manager: ‘If you are one to two staff down on a daily basis, somebody is going to lose out’ Staffing shortages hit mental health service with some units facing vacancies of up to 30%. The Psychiatric Nurses’ Association is considering industrial actionMon Jul 22 2024 - 06:00
National Treatment Purchase Fund eyes AI as aid to drafting minutes of board meetingsAgency board hears ‘security and data protection’ considerations must be addressed before using new technologyWed Jul 17 2024 - 05:45
Review of CEO pay in commercial State firms looks at rates in private sector High profile semi States including ESB, DAA, VHI and Bord na Móna have called for greater flexibility on pay to retain talentMon Jul 15 2024 - 05:00
Minister wants more urgency from HSE in extending opening hours of injury units Donnelly says facilities should be in operation from 8am to 8pm dailyMon Jul 15 2024 - 05:00
Health regions to be allowed recruit staff up to new ceiling Health service will now have an approved workforce close to 130,000 as recruitment pause easedSun Jul 14 2024 - 18:19
Nearly 712,000 people now on some form of hospital waiting listDepartment of Health says waiting list numbers at end of June exceeded targetFri Jul 12 2024 - 15:44
Industrial action by Aer Lingus pilots could clear the way for pay claims by other trade unionsTrade unions will watch developments carefully but it’s unclear as yet whether the pay increase proposal for pilots will spark knock-on claimsFri Jul 12 2024 - 15:09
Number of outpatients seen per consultant has fallen by nearly 30% since 2016New data shows variations in average number of out-patients seen by consultants in same specialtyFri Jul 12 2024 - 06:00
Hospitals face cut in funding for poor performance in major Government policy changeDonnelly tells HSE of stark variation in numbers being seen by comparable consultants in different hospitalsThu Jul 11 2024 - 06:00
Auditors criticise Tusla over Garda vetting of third-party staff Internal audit finds there should be ‘a centralised approach within Tusla to ensure third-party Garda vetting is accurate and undertaken’Wed Jul 10 2024 - 06:00
Government agrees to provide extra €1.5bn for health service this year and €1.2bn in 2025 Senior health service figures believe additional funds will mean no need for supplementary estimate later in yearTue Jul 09 2024 - 20:15
New report raises questions about State support for one-off housingPaper published by Department of Public Expenditure says subsidies of up to €100,000 available, and says further consideration needed on how better to target supports so State funds are maximisedWed Jul 03 2024 - 06:00
Reintroduction of planning permission appeals may reduce legal challenges to large developmentsReport by Department of Public Expenditure says under strategic housing development initiative judicial review process may have been acting as ‘pseudo-appeals mechanism’Tue Jul 02 2024 - 13:06
‘Productivity and efficiency’ must be core to debate on health service funding State spending 28% more per head on healthcare than EU and Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development average, notes reportTue Jul 02 2024 - 06:05
