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For the author of A Long Winter and Ship in Full Sail, inspiration often comes subliminally. But he has also brought his inner self to the surface through therapy
Cabinet to be briefed in increase in use of DNA profiles during garda investigations
Initial proposition centred on developing guidelines on handling items potentially illegally or unethically traded
Senior Fine Gael politicians are confident former minister for social affairs will not be beaten if country gets to know her as they do
Senior official twice warns Government members about timely filings of documents ahead of meetings to meet constitutional principle
Racism in this State goes back a bit, but vile discourse online is new and most of it comes from abroad – principally the US and UK
Mediahuis tells minister to continue scrutinising cost of broadcaster ‘duplicating work’ done by commercial media
Companion show to The Traitors Ireland will be part visualised podcast, part regionalisation push
Government’s chief information officer involved in advising council on ICT throughout the project
Villages of Moone and Narraghmore reeling, but in last decade 257 post offices have closed countrywide
Row over An Post’s finances may be a thing of nothing – but a Minister accusing an unidentified Cabinet colleague of leaking confidential information certainly is not
Minister for Communications denies he is source for media report and insists company is ‘very viable’ and ‘profitable’
Report monitoring implementation of two reviews of the broadcaster have been given to Cabinet
Data Protection Commission confirms writing to council after concerns raised about personal information collected from artists applying for grants
Some €6m was set aside in Budget 2025 to be shared between Virgin Media Television and commercial radio stations
Like Ireland’s wider housing crisis, there are too few student beds available with little sign of a solution
The botched IT project abandoned at a loss of €5.3m effectively cost Maureen Kennelly her job. She believes the Government has unfairly discredited her reputation
Numbers paying licence fee dropped from 950,000 in 2022 to 790,000 in 2024, Dáil hears
Crowd gathered outside Rathmines post office to protest against its relocation and planned sale
Chair also declared conflict of interest over grant to publisher of husband’s work
Failed Arts Council IT project one of two issues brought to Cabinet ‘under the arm’, senior official said
Plan for research-based scheme to be introduced as part of Budget 2026
Drop in television licence sales continues this year
Rebrand to the Department of Culture, Communications and Sport is an artless move that speaks volumes
Minister decides against appointing Maureen Kennelly for further five years
Public and businesses lose more than €100m year to criminals who send bogus messages
Department of Arts ‘should have called it out earlier’, Public Accounts Committee told over Arts Council’s €6.7m botched IT system
Ghost of man long gone from station lingers as management faces questions from TDs, senators about fresh controversies
Council is due to appear before Public Accounts Committee on Thursday concerning failed €6.7m project
precarity and low incomes are a reality of life for many professional artists
About 2,000 artists have been allocated €325 a week in pilot funding since 2022
For God’s sake don’t tell Media Minister Patrick O’Donovan about this
Work connecting Carrigtwohill set to be completed this summer
The National Famine Commemoration took place in Co Limerick on Saturday
Expert advice commissioned by Coimisiún na Meán argued in favour of introducing such a levy on a sliding scale
Government was urged to introduce content levy at ‘earliest possible date’ to fund domestic film and TV production
Document is filled with ideas and goals that are impossible to disagree with but hard to measure
Service providers may have to submit annual reports on implementation of measures
Proposals stop short of ending access to counselling notes, something campaigners had sought
Any additional tariffs ‘unhelpful’, Simon Harris’s office says
Broadcaster says problem with project to revamp finance and HR systems ‘an outlier’ in context of operations
The core principle of an arm’s length relationship between the public service broadcaster and the government of the day must be maintained
Coimisiún na Meán is engaging regularly with online platforms over such material
Government has approved €15m for this year to finance voluntary redundancy programme, which is now open
RTÉ faces issues of ageing audience for its linear video and audio services, and mass defection to streaming and social-media platforms by younger viewers
A number of politicians in the capital have gone public on their support for a hotel bed levy despite the strong opposition of two senior Fine Gael Ministers
Visitors will stay in Wicklow and Kildare and travel in if a Dublin tax is introduced, says Minister
We already have a TV licence fee, says Conor Pope, the Irish Times consumer affairs correspondent. But with a well-designed levy, the consumer wouldn’t pay, argues independent producer Larry Bass
Minister for Media Patrick O’Donovan indicates no intention to introduce additional charge
Representative body for writers warns Patrick O’Donovan that decision puts their economic livelihoods at risk
Minister for Media says he does not support a levy on streaming services at the moment
Since taking up his portfolio in January, Minister for Media Patrick O’Donovan has acquired a reputation for glibness
People using television-streaming services are ‘paying enough’, says Minister for Media
Taoiseach accused Opposition of ‘mob politics’, while Sinn Féin leader said Verona Murphy’s role was ‘delivered’ by Michael Lowry
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
