An Bord Pleanála officials ‘restive’ over move to rename planning body Plan to rebrand body An Coimisiún Pleanála is part of effort to restore confidence in planning systemTue Nov 14 2023 - 06:00
Planners to consider 25-storey apartment tower in north Dublin docklandsNew height guidelines could clear way for city’s tallest building to be built near 3ArenaSun Nov 12 2023 - 19:20
RTÉ sends note on payments to Ryan Tubridy to Public Accounts Committee after months-long stand-offKevin Bakhurst to unveil strategic vision after weekend in document setting out ‘new direction’ for organisationFri Nov 10 2023 - 21:37
Dublin Port risks running out of key capacities within 15 years, Government toldFuture of port stoking Coalition tension over Eamon Ryan’s push to use some port lands for housing and nature reserveTue Nov 07 2023 - 06:00
Neighbours’ row over ‘large unauthorised structure’ at period house referred to An Bord Pleanála Simon Revill, a property manager, has been involved in a long dispute over a new building by the rear and side of the home of his neighbour, Philip FarrellyMon Oct 30 2023 - 06:00
Legislation to boost Land Development Agency capital is easy - but where exactly will the money come from? Source of €500 million ‘backstop’ loan to help build more houses far from certainThu Oct 26 2023 - 04:00
Government prepares €500m ‘backstop’ loan for Land Development AgencyCritical housing body needs temporary loan because original €1.25bn budget is nearly fully committedWed Oct 25 2023 - 06:00
Coveney received briefing on TikTok before talks with Chinese ambassadorTalks planned weeks before company fined €345m in September for breaches of European data lawMon Oct 23 2023 - 06:00
Dublin Airport in talks with airlines on staying below 32m passenger ‘cap’ for flightsDAA reports more than 25m passengers as fears cap of 32m will be breached by year endTue Oct 17 2023 - 06:00
National children’s hospital board complained of ‘fragmented’ work on Dublin siteDáil due to get new ‘guidance’ this week on timeframe for completing buildingMon Oct 16 2023 - 21:00
Disputes among national watchdogs over Big Tech fines are ‘no problem’ - Europe’s chief data regulatorAnu Talus, the Finnish chair of the European Data Protection Board, the central body of national regulators overseeing EU data privacy laws, defends opposition to Irish watchdog’s finesFri Oct 13 2023 - 06:30
RTÉ needs State money to fund voluntary job cuts, director general tells staffKevin Bakhurst says he will present a strategic plan in early November to reduce numbersWed Oct 11 2023 - 18:31
Are the budget’s tax reliefs and supports enough to ease housing crisis? Budget 2024: Housing charity and Opposition criticise tax relief for landlordsTue Oct 10 2023 - 18:30
Phil Hogan declares €1m revenues from consultancy firmFormer European commissioner forges new career advising corporate clientsSat Oct 07 2023 - 05:00
An Bord Pleanála reports sharp rise in legal fees with €10m paid out during ‘particularly challenging’ yearPlanning appeals board also paid out €1.34m in penalties to developers for failing to process ‘fast-track’ applicationsThu Oct 05 2023 - 16:25
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
