Politicians unhappy with media reporting urged to use ombudsman services as ‘powerful alternative’ to legal casePress Ombudsman Susan McKay has said there is nothing to stop a person making a complaint under the Code of Practice and following it up by going to law if they so wishWed Oct 04 2023 - 17:20
Compensation of €32,000 paid in six months over complaints against lawyers Regulator upheld 50 complaints about services and costs that it determined in the six months to SeptemberWed Sept 27 2023 - 06:00
Saudi investor interested in buying strategic lands at Dublin Airport, McEvaddys say‘Credible’ investor’s identity unclear, leaving open possibility bid is backed by Saudi state or royal family, as McEvaddys and co-owners seek to sell 105-hectare site between runways for €210 million or moreMon Sept 25 2023 - 05:00
Ironman in new dispute with Triathlon Ireland over claims of non co-operation with new investigation into deathsTwo bodies at loggerheads over ‘stance’ on participating in Grant Thornton investigation into circumstances around two fatalities in August sea swimming raceFri Sept 22 2023 - 19:55
TikTok motivates millions of children to ‘skip’ privacy setting, Irish regulator findsData Protection Commissioner imposes €345m fine on Chinese-owned company for privacy breachesSat Sept 16 2023 - 06:00
TikTok ruling raises more questions about Chinese company’s safety standardsIrish Data Protection Commissioner’s €345 million fine of TikTok shows Beijing-owned video-sharing app is firmly in sights of data regulatorsFri Sept 15 2023 - 14:30
TikTok fined €345m by Ireland’s data regulator for violating children’s privacyData Protection Commissioner’s case highlights ‘risks’ to Chinese-owned tech giant’s young usersFri Sept 15 2023 - 13:00
Could dispute between Ryan Tubridy and RTÉ end in court?DG Kevin Bakhurst told the Oireachtas the broadcaster doesn’t owe money. The presenter may disagreeFri Sept 15 2023 - 05:00
DAA submits 500-page dossier to An Bord Pleanála over night flight restrictionsRyanair chief executive Michael O’Leary has described restrictions on night time flights at Dublin Airport as ‘nonsense’Thu Sept 14 2023 - 19:16
Varadkar and Heaton-Harris clash over Irish unity comments and progress on restoring StormontUnionist parties absent from event promoting more than €1 billion in new cross-Border fundingMon Sept 11 2023 - 17:07
Financial misconduct sanctions face growing pushback from lawyers and directorsLaw Society and Institute of Directors question key strands of Central Bank plan, saying it could expose ‘good faith actors’ to big risksMon Sept 11 2023 - 05:00
Free GP visit cards extended to 215,000 people as means-test thresholds rise Under the change the free GP visit card eligibility threshold for a single person increases to €361 from €304Mon Sept 11 2023 - 00:01
DAA’s €75m bid for land between runways rejected by ownersThree co-owners of 105-hectare landbank pushing ahead with another bidder in effort to realise €210m for propertyThu Sept 07 2023 - 05:00
Ireland will settle its last Anglo and Irish Nationwide debts tomorrowLiabilities of failed lenders weighed on State after September 2008 bank guaranteeWed Sept 06 2023 - 05:30
Boy with severe disability spent weeks in hospital ‘because he had nowhere else to go’New study highlights deficiencies in State care for children with complex conditionsMon Sept 04 2023 - 21:59
Gavin O’Reilly and Karl Brophy settle claim for damages against INM over unlawful data breachFormer Independent News and Media executives settle action in an agreement understood to include several hundred thousand euro for eachFri Sept 01 2023 - 05:00
There’s no end in sight to Leslie Buckley’s troubles arising from data violation at INM Publisher accuses Leslie Buckley of placing his ‘personal interests ahead of the interests of the company of which he was chairman to its substantial detriment’Fri Sept 01 2023 - 05:00
Dublin Airport: Delay in night flights planning decision due to ‘lack of information’, Bord Pleanála warnsPlanning body says it ‘cannot process’ the appeal because of lack of information from the airport operatorWed Aug 30 2023 - 05:00
Ironman group threatens legal action against Triathlon Ireland over Youghal race claim US-owned group Ironman International threatens legal action against Triathlon Ireland over disputed race in Co Cork amid escalating row over the eventTue Aug 29 2023 - 05:00
Report on RTÉ barter accounts raises fresh questions about commercial divisionRTÉ's ‘utter lack of proper procedures and controls’ over barter accounts criticised by Catherine MartinSat Aug 26 2023 - 05:00
Report confirms RTÉ’s use of barter accounts was very, very looseMazars report highlights glaring absence of controls over millions of euro at the supposedly cash-starved State broadcasterFri Aug 25 2023 - 20:57
Barter account report sets out ‘alarming gaps’ in RTÉ policies, procedures and controls - MinisterBakhurst seeks to move on RTÉ reform after Tubridy exit as Mazars review publishedFri Aug 25 2023 - 14:51
Youghal Ironman: Many questions and few answers about how tragic race went aheadAlthough Ironman and Triathlon Ireland have set out opposing claims, neither has provided any evidenceThu Aug 24 2023 - 14:34
Youghal Ironman: US Ironman group and Triathlon Ireland clash over status of race in which two diedBrendan Wall (40s) and Ivan Chittenden (64) both died in the swim section of the 2023 Youghal event over the weekendTue Aug 22 2023 - 20:58
Deal to bring Tubridy back to RTÉ radio falls apart as Bakhurst decides now is not ‘right time’ for returnRTÉ director general Kevin Bakhurst says elations between parties were shattered by statement issued by the former Late Late Show presenter on Wednesday.Thu Aug 17 2023 - 22:29
Tubridy and Bakhurst: What caused the breakdown of trust in RTÉ talks? Director general has sent a signal that no individual personality will be allowed stand in the way of RTÉ's recovery effortThu Aug 17 2023 - 22:01
Ryan Tubridy ‘shocked and disappointed’ as RTÉ ends talks on his return‘The door is not shut forever,’ says RTÉ director general Kevin Bakhurst after ending negotiations with TubridyThu Aug 17 2023 - 21:22
RTÉ pay report reaches a quietly damning conclusionRyan Tubridy ‘had no involvement’ in RTÉ’s adjustment to his published earnings, Grant Thornton forensic accountant findsThu Aug 17 2023 - 05:00
Tubridy in talks to return to RTÉ on salary ‘significantly less’ than €200,000Latest Grant Thornton report into broadcaster’s pay heavily critical of ‘several failures’ by State broadcasterWed Aug 16 2023 - 21:52
RTÉ report on Tubridy pay exposes clash between chief financial officersBreda O’ Keeffe says Niall Collins and Deloitte ‘incorrectly’ relied on a Tubridy/RTÉ side letterWed Aug 16 2023 - 20:02
RTÉ pay controversy: Draft report indicates Ryan Tubridy had the right to €120,000 he waivedAnalysis: Grant Thornton finding is good news for Tubridy, as his RTÉ career hangs in the balanceWed Aug 16 2023 - 05:00
RTÉ pay report puts focus on Deloitte’s role in Tubridy affairGrant Thornton report sets out misleading figures broadcaster published in 2021 were different from correct numbers recorded on payroll systemsTue Aug 15 2023 - 21:41
Even with an extra €8bn, can the Land Development Agency deliver enough new homes?Five years in, the much-criticised agency still hasn’t built the first 10% of its original 150,000 targetTue Aug 15 2023 - 06:05
Developers lose dozens of appeals against new tax on vacant housing sitesCairn, Glenveigh, Castlethorn, Quintain and O’Flynn Group among developers who appealed surcharge for not building homes on sitesTue Aug 15 2023 - 05:00
Ryan Tubridy’s pay: Grant Thornton submits new report to RTÉ boardThe report examines how RTÉ underdeclared Tubridy’s income by €120,000 in 2017-2019 in public statements on top presenter payMon Aug 14 2023 - 18:26
Up to €8bn may be diverted from new sovereign wealth fund for home-buildingPlan involves agency establishing panel of five or six private developers with whom it would work on specific construction projectsMon Aug 14 2023 - 05:00
TikTok facing multimillion-euro fine for violating children’s privacy on appPlatform claims over 1bn users worldwide after three-minute limit on viral videos and lip-sync routines proves a hit with usersFri Aug 04 2023 - 06:00
Officials fear for future of Ireland’s stock exchange after US listings by two big firmsFears over ‘long-term decline’ as heavyweights CRH and Flutter list in USFri Aug 04 2023 - 05:00
Irish stock market facing strong headwinds as companies shift primary listingsDepartment of Finance officials note potentially existential questions being raised down the lineFri Aug 04 2023 - 05:00
Jim Kennedy, larger-than-life developer and father of 10, left an indelible mark in Ireland’s secret payments scandalThe developer denied corrupt links with prominent figures in the 1990s, refused to give evidence to the planning tribunal and renounced his Irish citizenshipThu Aug 03 2023 - 08:08
Property developer Jim Kennedy dies in LondonMr Kennedy was found by the planning tribunal to have engaged in ‘corrupt activity’ around land rezoning in the 1990sWed Aug 02 2023 - 15:34
Golden visas: Government knew of due diligence risks two years before scheme was closedSurge in applications from China last year led officials to press for suspension of the Immigrant Investor ProgrammeSat Jul 08 2023 - 05:00
Incoming RTÉ DG to ‘rearrange front bench’ in station’s executive management‘The new sheriff is in town’ said a person briefed on Kevin Bakhurst’s plan for ‘substantial change’ at the top of the broadcasterFri Jul 07 2023 - 05:00
Hundreds of property owners lodged planning appeals against new tax to spur building on vacant landAn Bord Pleanála tries to overcome a major backload of planning files with a “blitz” of decision-making on smaller cases.Thu Jul 06 2023 - 21:00
RTÉ board seeks ‘swift action’ as chair warns of more revelationsMore than €1.5m spent through barter account on gigs, restaurants, flights and flip flopsThu Jul 06 2023 - 05:00
Questions answered, and unanswered, in RTÉ debacleInternal divisions on display at committee hearing amid fresh evidence of governance failingsWed Jul 05 2023 - 21:16
RTÉ faces glare of public scrutiny as never before with cascade of investigationsNational broadcaster appears unlikely to survive in its current form following breach of public trustTue Jul 04 2023 - 20:29
Bord Pleanála has introduced new code of practice, one task in its long road to recoveryCertain finding seemed to reflect dysfunction in the heart of a quasi-judicial body which has the power to make or break high-stakes planning casesTue Jul 04 2023 - 05:00
An Bord Pleanála introduces new code of conduct to tighten internal rulesMove comes after former deputy chairman was convicted for failing to declare property interestsTue Jul 04 2023 - 05:00
Ryan Tubridy faces prospect of Oireachtas questioning as Dáil committee chair issues warningIntervention comes after PAC heard claims that RTÉ had ‘slush fund’ for expensive sports and entertainment junketsMon Jul 03 2023 - 05:00
