Pay deal for top earners will bring its own degree of political poisonHigh level executives in commercial State bodies such as RTÉ are likely to have their remuneration boostedWed Mar 06 2024 - 07:50
RTÉ crisis: Pressure on Catherine Martin to respond to ex-chair’s ‘hands-off’ commentNo Dáil questions scheduled before St Patrick’s Day recess, and it is ‘not decided’ in minister will face mediaWed Mar 06 2024 - 06:00
RTÉ files suggest bid to ‘circumvent’ regulations, report finds as Taoiseach defends Minister’s handling of scandalsPAC concludes there was an attempt to ‘conceal’ RTÉ’s commitment to underwrite undisclosed payments to Ryan TubridyTue Mar 05 2024 - 17:20
RTÉ must now show it is no longer the same organisation outlined in the PAC reportReport’s real value is in holding the massive amount of evidence on RTÉ scandal in single documentTue Mar 05 2024 - 15:30
No end in sight to RTÉ scandal as stability seems further away than everInside Politics: Siún Ní Raghallaigh’s blistering statement sure to overshadow Cabinet decision on her replacementTue Mar 05 2024 - 07:29
Siún Ní Raghallaigh’s ferocious response is full of problems for Catherine MartinMinister for Media not under immediate threat following RTÉ ex-chair’s riposte, but the scandal rumbles on, shifting focus from fixing the station’s problemsMon Mar 04 2024 - 20:21
Darragh O’Brien accused of misleading Dáil during homelessness debate Minister for Housing ‘rejects outright’ assertion he would deliberately or otherwise mislead anyoneFri Mar 01 2024 - 06:00
Dee Forbes given chance to submit written account of her role in RTÉ scandalsFormer director general has been unable to attend previous Oireachtas committee hearings due to ill healthWed Feb 28 2024 - 20:59
Catherine Martin sticks to her guns over collapse in trust of RTÉ chair Siún Ní RaghallaighAppearing before the Oireachtas media committee, the Minister threw further doubt on Siún Ní Raghallaigh and RTÉ's claim that the board’s role in exit package had been communicated to the departmentWed Feb 28 2024 - 06:00
RTÉ chair Siún Ní Raghallaigh had threatened to quit and resisted meeting before Catherine Martin Prime Time interviewOireachtas media committee will now extend invitation to Ní Raghallaigh to appear before itTue Feb 27 2024 - 22:41
RTÉ board members ‘furious, insulted and fed up’ over forced resignation of chair Row between broadcaster’s board and Catherine Martin over exit payouts for departing executives deepening following resignation of Siún Ní RaghallaighFri Feb 23 2024 - 21:40
Catherine Martin’s account of events contradicts that of RTÉ’s board. They can’t both be rightRTÉ board has dug in and is on a collision course with Minister for MediaFri Feb 23 2024 - 21:01
RTÉ’s latest crisis: What further questions need to be asked?Catherine Martin, Kevin Bakhurst and the Department of Media are among those with more explaining to doFri Feb 23 2024 - 10:40
Siún Ní Raghallaigh resigns as chair of RTÉ board after Minister says she had been ‘misinformed’Catherine Martin said it has emerged that board approved exit package for Richard Collins despite initial denialFri Feb 23 2024 - 06:47
Killinarden experience suggests building at scale may be a challenge for affordable housing bodies such as Ó CualannThe Foothills project is far more ambitious than anything the Approved Housing Body had worked on before, resulting in responsibility for delivering almost 400 affordable homesFri Feb 23 2024 - 06:00
Affordable housing body seeks to sell interest in major south Dublin project amid funding shortfallÓ Cualann Cohousing Alliance looking to sell its 400-unit interest in 635-unit project in Killinarden to Land Development AgencyFri Feb 23 2024 - 06:00
Row breaks out between two Oireachtas committees investigating RTÉFF’s Niamh Smyth says two committees covering the same topics at the same time had resulted in negative public commentaryThu Feb 22 2024 - 06:00
Sinn Féin promises to re-run referendums on care and family if they fail, should it be returned to governmentMinister for Equality says proposal places obligation on State to strive to support careTue Feb 20 2024 - 12:41
Cross-Border project funding among initiatives to be presented to Cabinet Plans to overhaul rules for Garda Reserve to bring numbers to more than 1,000 also up for considerationMon Feb 19 2024 - 21:31
Thousands more children to become eligible for free school transportMinister for Education Norma Foley is working on expansion of scheme which will see students who live closer to schools become eligible for bus ticketsSat Feb 17 2024 - 06:00
Social Democrats leader Holly Cairns calls for details of all exit packages for RTÉ executives National conference will hear from the Palestinian ambassador, but Israeli ambassador has not been invitedFri Feb 16 2024 - 21:00
Holly Cairns interview: An end to ‘tried-tested-failed’ politics? Social Democrats leader pitches for changeSocial Democrats leader wants to be part of the next government. First, her party must capitalise on its momentumFri Feb 16 2024 - 14:25
Drogheda councillors call for ‘urgent’ meeting with Minister amid plans to house house asylum seekers in hotelGardaí not planning security operation at hotel despite concerns it may be targeted by anti-immigration activistsThu Feb 15 2024 - 22:16
Green Party TDs and Senators urge ministers to use ‘soft power’ for Gaza on St Patrick’s DayBackbenchers write to Government asking it to use ‘powerful voice’ to help achieve ceasefireThu Feb 15 2024 - 13:25
Coalition’s perpetual dilemma on GazaIreland an outlier among similar countries in EU but Government faces accusations of foot-dragging at homeThu Feb 15 2024 - 07:58
National children’s hospital now a sunken political costPublic numbed to escalating costs of decades-long saga from which Coalition will glean little creditWed Feb 14 2024 - 07:49
Israel blinded by rage says Varadkar, as Government hardens stance on GazaCriticism of ‘rogue state’ comes amid fears it is about to attack city of Rafah, where more than a million Palestinian refugees have taken shelterWed Feb 14 2024 - 06:00
PAC wants to recall board members of children’s hospital over new estimateCost of building the hospital has increased by €512 million, to €2.24 billion, Stephen Donnelly tells Cabinet colleaguesWed Feb 14 2024 - 06:00
What are the reasons behind the apparent exodus of TDs from Fine Gael? Problem for FG and Taoiseach is that Paul Kehoe is 10th party TD not seeking to defend seatTue Feb 13 2024 - 19:36
Sinn Féin offers amnesty to licence fee non-payers as it pitches direct funding for RTÉAmnesty a ‘slap in the face’ to those who pay, Varadkar says, criticising ‘populist’ planTue Feb 13 2024 - 17:09
Israel has become ‘blinded by rage’, says Taoiseach, as he promises Ireland will take more actionSimon Coveney says Israel ‘behaving like a rogue state’ and must end ‘savagery’ in GazaTue Feb 13 2024 - 17:08
National Children’s Hospital cost has risen to more than €2.2bn, Donnelly confirmsVaradkar says Government will not be putting any more funding towards the project with €2.2bn being its ‘maximum allocation’Tue Feb 13 2024 - 15:16
Rolling scandal at RTÉ is now well into its difficult third or fourth seasonRetirement of long-standing TDs creates difficulties for Fine Gael going into next general electionTue Feb 13 2024 - 07:47
Child benefit for 18-year-olds in full-time education to be introduced in MayBudget 2024 measure originally planned for September will be brought forward and also applies to children with a disabilityTue Feb 13 2024 - 05:00
HSE plan to cut agency staff spending by €250m may hit servicesPlans being considered by health officials and Government also include saving €80m by converting agency staff to HSE employeesTue Feb 13 2024 - 05:00
Varadkar downplays fears of referendums’ impact on immigration lawTaoiseach says issues on ballot ‘more complicated’ than other previous votes such as repealing the 8th or marriage equalityMon Feb 12 2024 - 21:25
How the Coalition is slowly changing policy towards Ukrainian war refugeesUp to January 22nd, arrivals number more than 790, according to figures shared with Ministers at a Cabinet subcommittee meeting this weekSat Jan 27 2024 - 06:00
State may suspend signing of new hotel contracts for Ukrainians as arrivals dropGovernment to terminate contracts with unsuitable providers under plans being consideredThu Jan 25 2024 - 19:26
Ireland’s Covid inquiry to adopt ‘no-blame’ approach and will not be ‘UK-style’Government indicates its intention to provide a factual account of pandemic and identify lessons learned from itThu Jan 25 2024 - 14:43
Ireland should support return home for Ukrainians, says O’GormanMinister expects between 13,000 and 15,000 asylum seekers to arrive in the country annually from now onWed Jan 24 2024 - 20:45
Referendum on Ireland’s participation on Unified Patent Court due on same day as June electionsCourt designed to provide one-stop-shop for litigation on patents whose decisions will be binding on participating EU member statesTue Jan 23 2024 - 21:00
RTÉ expert advisory committee members to earn up to €66,000 each for 110 days of workTwo panels totalling six people will advise on corporate governance and culture of broadcaster in wake of scandal-hit year of 2023Tue Jan 23 2024 - 15:10
Sinn Féin criticises ‘lack of engagement’ by Coalition over Covid-19 inquiryTaoiseach and Minister for Health set to brief Opposition leaders and health spokespeople on terms of reference and formatMon Jan 22 2024 - 05:02
State must do ‘a lot more’ to allay local fears over asylum housing, says expert groupThe report says communities need to be engaged much earlier in the process than has been the case with some centresMon Jan 22 2024 - 05:00
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
Asylum seeker housing: Focus now on larger, State-owned centres, says CoveneyMinister points to more structured way to accommodate people seeking international protectionSun Jan 21 2024 - 14:12
On the frontline on immigration: the tensions between local and national politicsMinisters expect their local election candidates to put some water between themselves and the GovernmentSat Jan 20 2024 - 07:00
Northern Ireland’s damaging strike remains deeply politicalDáil’s return marked by ill-tempered exchanges during its first sessionThu Jan 18 2024 - 08:20
People Before Profit calls for Yes vote in care and family referendumsParty will support referendums despite saying Government’s wording is ‘well short’ of what is requiredWed Jan 17 2024 - 14:38
Use of ‘nasty’ language by some politicians when engaging with Roscrea protesters criticisedLabour TD says use of term ‘colonisation’ when talking about asylum seekers ‘appalling’Wed Jan 17 2024 - 13:58
