Stakes could hardly be higher for RTÉ as Cabinet anger runs deepSequence of exit deal for former chief financial officer produces contrasting stories and ultimate departure of chairwoman Siún Ní RaghallaighFri Feb 23 2024 - 21:02
RTÉ payments scandal: 10 days that shook the national broadcaster once againThe latest flare-up began with the revelation that former strategy director Rory Coveney received an exit payment, and culminated in the resignation of chair Siún Ní RaghallaighFri Feb 23 2024 - 19:13
Latest RTÉ turmoil raises questions for director general Kevin BakhurstCoveney severence payment flies in face of Bakhurst’s plans to revive public trustMon Feb 19 2024 - 05:00
Bakhurst called to meeting with Minister over exit payments to senior executivesRequest follows calls from Taoiseach, Tánaiste and Ministers for full transparency from broadcasterSun Feb 18 2024 - 20:15
Lobbying in action: How property owners got the Government to defer the new tax on unused housing landRecords show large correspondence from representative bodies, accountancy firms and individuals objecting to proposed land taxSun Feb 18 2024 - 06:00
Kevin Bakhurst did not get exit deal in 2016, RTÉ saysBroadcaster declines to reveal other senior managers who benefited from termination payments as Minister for Media says Breda O’Keeffe has ‘moral obligation’ to pay back €450,000Sat Feb 17 2024 - 06:00
Michael McGrath backs down in row with Irish Fiscal Advisory Council over payMinister for Finance has scrapped proposals to cut the fee to be paid to the chair of the budgetary watchdogFri Feb 16 2024 - 06:00
Former president of auctioneers’ body starts WRC action after bitter row with chief executiveCo Galway auctioneer Gerry Coffey resigned last May from his role at the top of the Institute of Professional Auctioneers and ValuersFri Feb 09 2024 - 17:46
Interest on warehoused business tax eliminated, benefiting 57,000 companiesMinster for Finance removes interest charged on warehoused taxMon Feb 05 2024 - 19:21
RTÉ agreed new deal with Deloitte despite auditors finding no ‘control deficiencies’ in broadcaster three months before payments scandal brokeTwo-year agreement was reached in October as RTÉ battled crisis of public and political confidenceMon Feb 05 2024 - 06:00
Cracks emerging in Government over future of Dublin Airport Senior Green allies of Minister for Transport Eamon Ryan object to rising capacity at State’s main aviation hubFri Feb 02 2024 - 06:00
RTÉ takes legal action over climate reporting Broadcaster moves to maintain journalistic confidentiality regarding records on global warming coverageThu Feb 01 2024 - 06:00
Immigration Q&A: What are ‘safe countries’ and how many asylum applications are in train?Designation of a state as ‘safe’ means asylum applications are then processed with greater speedWed Jan 31 2024 - 19:00
Monthly broadband charge instead of TV licence fee ‘not really a runner’, says Government sourceIssue of how to fund RTÉ emerging as potential fault line in CoalitionSun Jan 21 2024 - 14:34
RTÉ braces itself for results of investigations into Toy Show the Musical and staff exits The latest reports on the national broadcaster are expected to be published this weekSun Jan 21 2024 - 07:00
Google begins High Court case against Irish data regulatorHelen Dixon faces legal challenge over privacy investigation into the multinational technical firmFri Jan 19 2024 - 18:37
Reddit takes legal action against Coimisiún na Meán over new online measuresReddit takes judicial review over designation as ‘video-sharing platform’ for regulation purposesTue Jan 16 2024 - 19:30
Minister of State Jack Chambers announces he is gay Fianna Fáil TD says support from family and friends has encouraged him to share the newsSun Jan 14 2024 - 15:49
Michael McGrath faces renewed demands to scrap pay cap at AIBThe Government resumes efforts this week to sell down its remaining 40.8 per cent stake in the bank to private shareholdersThu Jan 11 2024 - 06:00
Government drops plans to house migrant men in favour of families at Carlow premisesThe Department of Integration said that the former Capuchin friary in Carlow was ‘one of a number of premises that will change use’Wed Jan 10 2024 - 20:39
Covid: HSE reports highest number of cases since last wave in August A total of 1,200 cases of COVID-19 were recorded and 459 people were hospitalised with Covid during the first week of JanuaryWed Jan 10 2024 - 18:13
State nears deal for Conor Pass in Co KerryThe parties are working on the basis the property will be taken into ownership of the National Parks and Wildlife Service to be developed and managed for tourismMon Jan 08 2024 - 07:00
After years of tumult, An Bord Pleanála battles the legacy of crisisThe planning board, a State body that is critical to addressing housing shortages, faces a tough 2024 as the planning system remains beset with delaysThu Dec 28 2023 - 07:00
Mother and baby home redress scheme: The effort to get church bodies to contribute To date only one of seven Catholic orders involved in negotiations – the Bon Secours sisters – has stated publicly that it will contribute to the redress scheme for survivorsWed Dec 27 2023 - 06:00
Coalition to examine church assets in bid to break impasse over mother and baby homes redressMinister has sought financial contributions from seven Catholic bodies that ran homes or were linked to themWed Dec 27 2023 - 06:00
Thousands of ‘affordable’ homes to be built with money from AIB share salesLand Development Agency to receive another €2.5bn in next two years in plan for State-owned agency to build 13,000 homes by 2028Wed Dec 20 2023 - 06:00
Some GAA clubs to receive over €30,000 after donation by JP McManusThe money from the Limerick hurling sponsor will be distributed equally among GAA, Ladies Gaelic Football Association and Camogie organisationsFri Dec 15 2023 - 06:00
JP McManus profile: Enigmatic billionaire’s GAA handout has once again drawn attention to his tax affairsMcManus insisted he was proud to be Irish, saying he was improving the State by spending money in his homelandThu Dec 14 2023 - 20:43
Publication of RTÉ reports on Toy Show the Musical debacle and severance deals delayedNational broadcaster signals that reports by accountants Grant Thornton and solicitors McCann FitzGerald are not ready - despite months of investigationWed Dec 13 2023 - 19:50
Rising numbers of children on trolleys in hospitals, nursing union warnsOvercrowding in paediatric hospitals leaves ‘simply no way’ to safely treat sick children, INMO saysTue Dec 12 2023 - 13:24
Land Development Agency criticised for withdrawing from housing committee meetingGovernment and Opposition politicians express ‘disappointment’ over State body’s postponement of meeting until JanuaryMon Dec 11 2023 - 07:00
Denis O’Brien’s Digicel bash: Restructuring marks end of an era for businessmanBondholders soon to take ownership of the embattled Caribbean telecoms empireMon Dec 11 2023 - 06:34
Planning appeal payments could have ‘serious’ tax consequences, Revenue warnsWhistleblowers invited to come forward to share information on payments made to influence the planning processFri Dec 08 2023 - 21:05
Crowds line Dublin streets to cheer, sing and bid farewell to ‘huge legend’ Shane MacGowan As Pogues singer's cortege passed Westland Row only the slow beat of a drum and the lament of an uilleann piper could be heard before the applause beganFri Dec 08 2023 - 21:02
Land agency set to get up to €3bn to build 6,000 new homes in next three yearsThe money is about half the €6 billion Darragh O’Brien sought from corporation tax windfallTue Dec 05 2023 - 05:55
Uisce Éireann cannot charge for water at UL student accommodation, court rulesMs Justice Marguerite Bolger in High Court says university’s student accommodation satisfies definition of ‘dwelling’ in 2013 Water Services Act, meaning it should not be charged for water servicesWed Nov 29 2023 - 14:23
Ironman in Youghal called off for 2024 after double fatalityUS triathlon group says it will ‘take a hiatus’ from the event in a blow to the Co Cork economyTue Nov 28 2023 - 10:28
Fast-track housing collapsed amid Paul Hyde turmoil at An Bord PleanálaRecords released under Freedom of Information show board decision-making came to a haltMon Nov 27 2023 - 07:30
Analysis: Fractious Irish-Israeli relations highlighted by response to Varadkar tweet on Emily HandTaoiseach’s comments that Emily Hand was ‘lost’ prompts a bitter diplomatic row with IsraelMon Nov 27 2023 - 06:00
Johnny Ronan’s rollercoaster career takes another dipReliance on expensive private equity funding created problems as value of commercial property assets fell post-CovidSat Nov 25 2023 - 06:00
‘Final push’ under way to evacuate Irish citizens and dependents from GazaMicheál Martin’s whistlestop tour marked the culmination of an intensive diplomatic drive with several Middle Eastern powers to bring Irish citizens and dependents into Egypt from GazaSat Nov 18 2023 - 06:00
Israel considers deal over hostage-prisoner swap and temporary ceasefire Agreement could also involve releasing a number of Palestinian prisonersThu Nov 16 2023 - 22:00
‘We’re fighting for our lives here’: Tánaiste hears from Israeli people in kibbutzMayor of Sderot, Alon Davidi, tells the Irish contingent: ‘I am begging you and I ask you to support Israel’Thu Nov 16 2023 - 19:09
Tánaiste warns Israel’s war could fuel Palestinian radicalisation as more Irish citizens escape GazaAyman Shaheen, another who crossed border with family, still waiting for mother to arrive in EgyptThu Nov 16 2023 - 18:32
Emergency stop for Tánaiste in Israel due to bomb scareAfter visiting kibbutz, Micheál Martin says remaining Irish in Gaza will be evacuated within next three daysThu Nov 16 2023 - 12:15
'I just made it to Egypt. I am exhausted. I can barely talk': 23 Irish and dependants escape from GazaTwenty-three Irish citizens and their dependents exited Gaza, Micheál Martin confirmsThu Nov 16 2023 - 05:00
Warm Egyptian welcome for Martin ahead of meeting with Israeli officials Tánaiste signals 23 Irish citizens and dependents finally manage to leave war-torn Gaza Strip for EgyptWed Nov 15 2023 - 19:47
Twenty-three Irish departing Gaza after opening of Rafah crossing into EgyptMicheál Martin said he hoped others who could not exit today would be in a position to do so on ThursdayWed Nov 15 2023 - 18:03
Irish family in Gaza expected to be on list to exit at Rafah crossing on Wednesday‘Welfare of all children and civilians in Israel and Gaza should be in the forefront of all of our minds at this time,’ says President HigginsTue Nov 14 2023 - 19:12
RTÉ bailout buys it time but money alone cannot fix credibility gapThe bulk of the broadcaster’s bailout will be spent on redundancies - the very opposite of investing in the futureTue Nov 14 2023 - 17:32
