Regulator sends external officials into Peter McVerry Trust after reports on misgovernanceMonthly reports sought on State’s largest provider of homeless servicesMon Jan 13 2025 - 06:00
Money held in trust by solicitor for vulnerable children of deceased clients ‘simply not available’Tribunal finds solicitor engaged in ‘teeming and lading’ of funds held in trust for vulnerable children of deceased clientsFri Jan 10 2025 - 06:03
‘The giant has gone but he will be in our hearts’, Pádraig Ó Snodaigh’s funeral hearsActivist and writer borrowed money from a friend to establish Coiscéim which published some 1,777 books in Irish, service toldMon Jan 06 2025 - 19:04
‘A Gaeltacht-driven movement’: The civil rights agitation that spawned Raidió na Gaeltachta and TG4Author and Irish language activist Máirtín Ó Cadhain prepared the ground for the Gaeltacht Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s and 1970s with ‘his own agitation’Sun Jan 05 2025 - 06:00
Golden visa shutdown came after officials warned of potentially ‘unlawful’ and ‘unethical’ practicesDepartment has no list of companies that received investments from €1.25bn schemeThu Jan 02 2025 - 06:00
‘The records sought do not exist’: ‘Golden visas’ granted under €1.25bn scheme but no list of investment beneficiaries Lack of even a basic list raises questions about how the scheme was monitoredThu Jan 02 2025 - 06:00
Payments by Peter McVerry Trust to law firm may have included ‘different components’, says watchdog Lavelle Partners firm challenged figures provided in report by Approved Housing Bodies Regulatory AuthorityFri Dec 27 2024 - 06:00
Public ethics watchdog rules out inquiry into Leo Varadkar’s leak of confidential documentStandards in Public Office Commission decides not to investigate, reaffirming earlier decision – quashed by High Court – despite internal divisionsFri Dec 20 2024 - 06:00
‘Leo the leak’ affair still lingers five years onSipo has resolved for a second time not to investigate the leaking of a draft State contract with the Irish Medical Organisation when Varadkar was taoiseachFri Dec 20 2024 - 06:00
McVerry trust law firm dismisses regulator’s questions about family connection Lavelle Partners say Approved Housing Bodies Regulatory Authority wrong to state firm received almost €1.7m in McVerry feesTue Dec 17 2024 - 06:00
Christmas and the decline of Irish butchers: ‘We’d love to get these customers the other 51 weeks of the year’ Almost 600 sole trader butchers have closed in the past 20 years, with about 550 remaining, as the trade loses out to the rise of convenience stores and changing consumer habitsSat Dec 14 2024 - 06:00
Row over a Tipperary land deal involving the council, a hotel and a property firmSale of hotel for €7.95m went ahead despite facility not complying with planning permission, breaching a requirement of the leaseThu Dec 12 2024 - 06:00
Peter McVerry charity paid near €1.7m to law firm headed by brother of director, watchdog findsFees paid in 2022 and 2023 to Lavelle Solicitors, whose managing partner Michael Lavelle is a brother of McVerry director Richard LavelleWed Dec 11 2024 - 06:00
Inspectors raise more questions about lax board oversight at McVerry TrustReport for AHBRA points to ‘serious’ governance failings in charityTue Dec 10 2024 - 20:29
Inspectors reveal family link between McVerry Trust board member and law firm that earned €1.67mWatchdog finds ‘serious failings in governance, financial management and conflict of interest handling’Tue Dec 10 2024 - 15:00
Government will oppose Mercosur trade deal over threat to Irish farming interestsFarmers’ groups urge Micheál Martin and Simon Harris not to waver from their election stance on ‘sell-out’ pactFri Dec 06 2024 - 19:55
Sligo-Leitrim: story of the countMarian Harkin ‘hugely grateful’ after rollercoaster countWed Dec 04 2024 - 16:52
Sligo-Leitrim: Eamon Scanlon (FF)Scanlon resigned whip in 2009 over moves by Fianna Fáil-led government to close breast cancer services in Sligo hospitalTue Dec 03 2024 - 14:28
Sligo-Leitrim: Marian Harkin (Ind)Independent defies a big drop in first-preference support to regain seatMon Dec 02 2024 - 14:51
Sligo-Leitrim: Frank Feighan (FG)Former Roscommon TD did not contest the 2016 electionSun Dec 01 2024 - 23:08
Sligo-Leitrim: Martin Kenny (SF)Sinn Féin’s former party justice spokesman returned to DáilSun Dec 01 2024 - 22:51
Conor McGregor Inc: the fighter’s potential losses in the fallout from civil rape case are enormousThe potential losses for the mixed martial arts fighter, businessman and now Hollywood actor in the fallout from his civil rape case are enormousFri Nov 29 2024 - 15:04
Products linked to McGregor dropped from about 1,000 stores as retailer boycott intensifies Tesco says whiskey brand promoted by mixed martial arts fighter will also be withdrawn from sale in the UKTue Nov 26 2024 - 20:50
Conor McGregor counting heavy cost of High Court brandingSeveral companies have cut links with the mixed martial arts fighter since a High Court jury decided he should pay Nikita Hand damages for assaultTue Nov 26 2024 - 19:24
More than 1,000 shops including Tesco, SuperValu and Centra stores remove brands linked to Conor McGregorA boycott of products associated with the mixed martial arts fighter has intensified after Nikita Hand verdictTue Nov 26 2024 - 17:27
Johnny Ronan plots London return after settlement with former backer FortressDeveloper’s RGRE group sees UK capital as ‘obvious’ locationSat Nov 23 2024 - 06:00
Louth councillors vote to dezone residential land earmarked for hundreds of new homes near DundalkVote by councillors from Fine Gael, Fianna Fáil, the Greens and Sinn Féin will block plans by housebuilder Glenveagh to construct 500 homes near a town designated a regional growth centreFri Nov 22 2024 - 06:00
Fingal council takes legal action over ‘unauthorised’ home extension in SuttonHomeowner has previously stated he was confident the construction was ‘perfectly legal’Mon Nov 18 2024 - 19:58
Lawyer Simeon Burke cannot get a master. Is this his own fault or due to an arcane system? Pupillage is mandatory. Without it young barristers are going nowhere. This is the position that now confronts BurkeSat Nov 16 2024 - 06:00
State paid consultants €514,000 for 33 pages of Dublin metro plan reportsSocial Democrats TD Catherine Murphy accuses State bodies of ‘out of control’ expenditure on consultantsWed Nov 13 2024 - 06:00
Bord Pleanála faces questions over health scrutiny of wind farm projectsTwo cases have come to light where planning authority advised HSE consultation about wind farms but the health service says it received no notificationMon Nov 11 2024 - 06:00
Bar Council rejects barrister’s application to be Simeon Burke’s ‘master’Brother of Enoch Burke cannot start practising as a barrister without completing an apprenticeshipMon Nov 11 2024 - 02:00
Developer queries use of tax number in Revenue returns after UK bankruptcyBusinessman claims partnership behind Clonmel Park Hotel should have been dissolved once he was declared bankruptFri Nov 08 2024 - 06:00
Fugitive ex-Leinster player Rocky Elsom acknowledges role in some of transactions that led to French convictionFormer Leinster and Australia player declines to disclose where he went after leaving IrelandTue Nov 05 2024 - 13:32
Urban Ireland: Architects and experts tell us how to stop the decline of Dublin and other Irish city centres Car dominance and out-of-town investment have driven people out of centres, and a loss of ‘eyes on the street’ has made urban spaces feel less safe. Can the ‘compact city’ return a lost sense of place?Sat Oct 26 2024 - 06:00
Sinn Féin and RTÉ clash over Kielty’s TV Traitors joke on Late Late ShowParty says jocular remark reflects ‘far-right tropes’ and demands an apologySun Oct 20 2024 - 15:39
What went wrong at the Peter McVerry Trust and why did it need a €15 million bailout?Why did the housing charity need a €15m bailout?Fri Oct 18 2024 - 11:23
Serious questions raised about future of Peter McVerry Trust Good work of charity for homeless not in doubt but ‘numerous key compliance and governance failures’ found by Charities RegulatorTue Oct 15 2024 - 05:30
Peter McVerry Trust board ‘not aware’ of property deal at centre of ‘conflict of interest’ inquiryCharities Regulator criticises ‘inadequate management accounts’ which failed to report level of debtors, creditors or debt financingMon Oct 14 2024 - 17:19
Road Safety Authority has spent €2.5m on PR since 2020Details of RSA public relations spend provided after ‘tricky’ TDs advice prompted Freedom of Information requestSat Oct 12 2024 - 06:00
Irish Rail sends 37 senior officials to Berlin trade fair as it faces anger over delays caused by new timetablesTravel schedule due on Thursday to be fourth in three months after botched changes spark commuter complaintsThu Oct 03 2024 - 06:00
What changes have been made to inheritance tax in the budget?Budget 2025: Everything you need to know about the inheritance tax cut which comes into effect todayWed Oct 02 2024 - 13:41
How far will budget measures go to improve housing delivery?Budget 2025: With house prices still on the rise, these are incremental measures on the long and rocky road to stabilityTue Oct 01 2024 - 18:42
Cost of rapid-build accommodation set to double to potentially €442,000 per unit, C&AG saysValue-for-money report also reveals Revenue assessment that retailer Dunnes Stores owed State more than €36 million was settled for €5 millionTue Oct 01 2024 - 06:00
Housing charity wants full State funding despite €15m bailout, spending watchdog foundInterim chief executive at Peter McVerry Trust was paid €1,000 a day following resignation of previous CEOMon Sept 30 2024 - 21:04
DAA chairman: ‘I would like us to take the airport off the front page’ Basil Geoghegan says airport operator, facing passenger cap struggle, has same standing in planning system as a person extending their houseMon Sept 30 2024 - 06:00
DAA chief calls for Government to intervene in row over Dublin Airport passenger capBasil Geoghegan says ‘a level of inertia and inactivity’ has delayed resolution of the disputeMon Sept 30 2024 - 06:00
Moriarty tribunal pays Collery legal costs 17 years after finding he lied under oath ‘Arrangements continue’ for ‘full and final wind-down’ of tribunal established 27 years ago, says Department of the TaoiseachTue Sept 24 2024 - 06:00
Campaign group opposed to wind farm criticises An Bord Pleanála for shutting it out of new planning decisionGroup had got court permission to proceed with judicial review action against decision allowing White Hill Wind to build seven turbines on Carlow-Kilkenny borderMon Sept 23 2024 - 06:00
An Bord Pleanála begins fresh investigation into governance issuesMove follows barrister’s unpublished report which took more than 1½ years to finish on ‘matters of concern’ in planning boardTue Sept 17 2024 - 06:00
