Irish health system report card: a year of criticisms, concerns and innovations
From rows about staffing, waiting lists and cost overruns to resignations of senior staff, heathcare was never far from the news headlines in 2024
From rows about staffing, waiting lists and cost overruns to resignations of senior staff, heathcare was never far from the news headlines in 2024
We must stop mistaking a lack of ambition in planning and building for caution and rule-following
Donald Trump certainly poses a threat to the Irish economy but there is much the State can do to safeguard our economic welfare
Analysis by State determines benefits ‘clearly outweigh’ costs of Technological University buildings planned for Galway and Letterkenny, Carlow and Waterford, and Shannon
Dispute arises from claim made by builders for additional payments from facility’s development board for work on project
Former taoiseach and minister for health says about 500 additional beds need to be provided annually to keep up with population growth
Appointment follows two senior resignations at CHI as it prepares for completion of new national children’s hospital next year
Resignations come at a critical time for organisation, which is preparing for the completion of the new national children’s hospital
Seen & Heard: Party manifesto funding ‘holes’; Daft.ie nears €300m sale; Buyer for Bord na Móna recycling operation
Paschal Donohoe accuses party of ‘raid’ – but Pearse Doherty says party would add more money to future funds
Why spending €514,000 for a 33-page report on MetroLink may prove good value for taxpayers
Any Department of Infrastructure will need a long time to get up to speed as happened when department responsibility for climate was switched
Social Democrats TD Catherine Murphy says refusal of bodies to appear before committee was ‘unacceptable’
Children’s Health Ireland and National Paediatric Hospital Development Board say they can attend at a future date but not this week
Respondents reveal a greater concentration on the value for money of Government expenditure than on topics such as the housing shortage and immigration
Spending over less than three years came during period where project has been hit by successive delays and spiralling cost overruns
We asked Irish Times readers if there were any streets, buildings, places or structures in Ireland that they thought should be named, or renamed, after women
National Paediatric Hospital Development Board says it could not express confidence in most recent revised substantial completion date
Stephen Donnelly says commissioning of facility accelerated and staff could move in ‘maybe before final completion date’
Budget 2025: Forecast for corporation tax made in annual economic and fiscal outlook, published by Department of Finance
We have a windfall – but the golden apples seem to have fallen on our heads. Our governing culture has lost its great get-out clause: ‘If only we had the money…'
What’s a copper-roofed security hut or a gold-plated bike shed? Symbols of a political class which is increasingly out of touch
Union says action is to highlight wider ongoing dispute rather than to significantly disrupt work on NCH site
Aontú leader claims building, fit-out tender as ‘half-baked’ as contract for children’s hospital and that Government is ‘incinerating taxpayers’ money’
National Paediatric Hospital Development Board said it could not give ‘assurances’ on June 2025 completion date
National Paediatric Hospital Development Board said it could not give ‘assurance’ on June 2025 completion date
No rooms finished in line with required standards, TDs to be told at committee on Wednesday
Construction of hospital expected to be completed this year with first patients treated from summer 2025
Costs have escalated because design was not complete when it went to tender, DCU professor says
News that half operating theatres in National Children’s Hospital may need remediation work after main contractor BAM was told to stop works there latest twist in a saga stretching back 30 years
Dáil spending watchdog PAC to query if there will be penalties imposed for late delivery of updated completion plan by main contractor
Consultant ophthalmologist was a staunch advocate for patients and used his position to seek improvements in services
A key part of the new children’s hospital will be digital technology, with everything from patient records to the systems controlling the hospital building being digitalised
Sinn Féin leader hits out at ‘debacle’ of ballooning costs and asks final price for building that started six years ago
Inside Politics: Coalition braced for potentially significant increases in the budget for the national children’s hospital
Company is responsible for lighting at the National Children’s Hospital
Building board says issue has been resolved and building is fire and building-regulation compliant
‘Oversight’ of non-publication of 2022 minutes of NPHDB meetings rectified after Irish Times query
Expenditure on the project topped €1 billion by the end of August
Revenues at the firm surged by more than one-third in 2021, accounts show
Fears construction costs of national children’s hospital may rise due to pandemic, inflation and Brexit
Inflationary factors likely to exceed key threshold in BAM contract and expose State to more costs
Cameras installed in bid to counteract attacks, which are becoming more frequent
War in Ukraine, Brexit, the pandemic and disruption to the global supply chain could all be factors in pushing up costs
Vast majority of contractor claims ‘overinflated’, Oireachtas committee hears
Finance minister will not roll back on move to push pension age to 68
Opening of satellite centre of new national children’s hospital despite concerns
Shake-up to change how the State spends money on projects that cost more than €1bn
Chair of project’s board tells TDs main contractor BAM has sought extra fees and more time
New board head says no scope for savings and cites ‘diminishing returns’ at this stage
Charlene Donovan alleged to have shot a baby, his mother and a teenage boy (17)
Planning permission for houses and offices in Kilmainham development on 0.65 acre
Property veteran discusses the sale of Blanchardstown Town Centre and why it is a good time to be moving on
Ballot clears way for way for Government to sign contracts with Premier Lotteries Ireland
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices