Pet insurance: can it save you thousands in vet bills?
Unlike home, motor or health cover, pet insurance often gets put on the long finger
Pet insurance: can it save you thousands in vet bills?
Buying a pet is just the start of what can seem like an endless outlay of costs. So what will you do when something serious goes wrong?
Call for higher port tunnel toll for cars during morning commute
Transport Infrastructure Ireland concerned that tailbacks in East Wall could force tunnel closure to key HGV traffic accessing port
Several candidates turned down An Coimisiún Pleanála chair role over low fee
Department of Housing sought sanction to raise €20,500 fee to €50,000 to address conflict of interest issue
Garda overpaid officers and civilian staff €4.25m over past three years
Issues also identified whereby ex-members should have had pension payments reduced when they took on roles in the public sector after retirement
Housing Agency spends €7,000 on French Riviera hotel stays for officials
Average nightly cost of about €860 per room paid for chief executive and official at four-star Cannes hotel
Department of Public Expenditure objected to adding 190 staff to energy and water regulator
Department warned it would create more red tape and make it even harder to deliver infrastructure
US tariffs may hit employment here by 3%, Government analysis warns
Ireland more exposed than other European countries when it came to exports to the US, paper explained
Lost luggage: what action should you take if your bags don’t arrive with your flight?
Passengers have rights if bags fail to arrive at all or are damaged in transit with airlines responsible once you have checked them in
RTÉ spent €277,000 on costumes and clothing last year
Broken down by programme, by far the biggest outlay was for Fair City
Skills shortages one of several barriers to delivering €24bn in transport infrastructure
Productivity way behind Celtic Tiger levels, National Transport Authority warns as it eyes risks to major projects
Nearly one-third of public sector job candidates fail to show for interview or assessment
More than 100,000 applicants were invited to take part in recruitment competitions during 2024 and 2025
Bord Bia sit-in cost taxpayers €220,000
Farmer protest prompted food board to spend extra on security
Concern that housing commencements might not result in new homes coming to market quickly
Internal papers say builders rushed to take advantage of levy waivers by registering commencements but that some projects were not progressing
Fáilte Ireland spends €900,000 in two years on promotional photoshoots
Tourism promotion agency says material is held in publicly accessible library to support the promotion of Ireland








