Arts Council spent more than €9m on consultants since 2019
Differences emerge between council and department over timing of warning about botched IT project
Who’s who in the controversy over Arts Council spending?
Extent of losses from failed IT project only disclosed last summer, statement from Catherine Martin suggests
Arts Council may need €1.5m more to replace grants system after €5.3m failure
New grant system was part of original scope of upgrade
Five Sinn Féin TDs write to Tánaiste demanding Dáil statement on Senator Martin Conway
Five female politicians ask Simon Harris to explain why Senator Conway paid €10,000 to charity after allegedly acting inappropriately to female colleague
Arts Council controversy: Review ordered after €6.7m spent on abandoned IT system project
Arts Council says project delivered was ‘not fit for purpose’
Number of public servants set to exceed 400,000 this year
Pay bill expected to rise to almost €33bn this year, with two-thirds going into health and education sectors
Taoiseach signals major policy shift on housing with possible end to rent pressure zones and more reliance on private sector
Micheál Martin has said the State needs to ‘pivot’ to encourage more private investment in the housing market
538 public servants are on career breaks. One has lasted 12 years
At least 50 employees of Government departments and their agencies on career break for five years or more
Taoiseach signals possible end to Rent Pressure Zones by end of year
Micheál Martin argues that private investment needs a stable environment to increase housing numbers
UAE extradition treaty targeting Kinahan cartel should be in force by ‘end of February’
Bilateral treaty with UAE signed by Helen McEntee in October, but arrangement not yet in place
Coalition confident shock 2020 defeat of its candidate for leas-cheann comhairle will not be repeated
John McGuinness expected to be elected, but secret ballot injects uncertainty
What kind of president do voters want when Michael D Higgins' term ends and who might run?
Mairead McGuinness, Heather Humphreys, Bertie Ahern, Tommy Tiernan and Conor McGregor among names bandied about
Dáil returns: ‘You left the ESB to do the heavy lifting’ - Government criticised over Storm Éowyn response
Housing targets and ministerial appointments among other topics addressed as TDs reconvene
Ireland to set up new trade advisory bodies amid Trump EU tariff threats
Cabinet expected to approve new ‘resilience plan’ for ESB to ensure the State’s energy grid is better equipped to withstand extreme weather events
Heather Humphreys: ‘If you’re a rural TD it’s very hard as you can’t be at home at night’
The former Fine Gael deputy leader learned a hard political lesson early in her career: ‘Prepare, prepare, prepare’