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Pensioners unaware they must return ‘significant’ education and training board overpayments

Pensioners unaware they must return ‘significant’ education and training board overpayments

Almost €774,000 overpaid to 32 ex-education and training boards workers, report finds

Fri Sept 12 2025 - 06:00
DAA and Kenny Jacobs engage lawyers to resolve boardroom rift at airport operator

DAA and Kenny Jacobs engage lawyers to resolve boardroom rift at airport operator

Fallout may lead to CEO’s exit from State-owned body

Thu Sept 11 2025 - 20:08
Almost 400 National Lottery prizes may have gone unclaimed due to technical glitch

Almost 400 National Lottery prizes may have gone unclaimed due to technical glitch

Minister says regulator withheld €23,000 from operator as a result of licence breach

Thu Sept 11 2025 - 13:00
Curbs on external firms in hospitals will have ‘some impact’ on patient care, HSE warns

Curbs on external firms in hospitals will have ‘some impact’ on patient care, HSE warns

Insourcing

Thu Sept 11 2025 - 06:00
Rift opens up between DAA board and its CEO Kenny Jacobs

Rift opens up between DAA board and its CEO Kenny Jacobs

Tensions at board level have been brought to the attention of senior Government figures

Wed Sept 10 2025 - 22:08
Search for missing boy intensifies at north Dublin site

Search for missing boy intensifies at north Dublin site

Search of Donabate site entering second week after claims boy buried there four years ago

Sun Sept 07 2025 - 19:03
Doubts grow that planned State elective hospitals will be built before 2030s

Doubts grow that planned State elective hospitals will be built before 2030s

Minister did not secure sufficient funding to pay for all key health projects, says Sinn Féin

Sat Sept 06 2025 - 06:00
‘We are in McDonald’s but your son is refusing the food’: How Irish households are boycotting Israeli products

‘We are in McDonald’s but your son is refusing the food’: How Irish households are boycotting Israeli products

Campaigner says Israel’s assault on Palestinian territory has led to surge in number of Irish people asking: ‘What can I do?’

Sat Sept 06 2025 - 06:00
University of Galway will not make new research agreements with Israeli partners over Gaza conflict

University of Galway will not make new research agreements with Israeli partners over Gaza conflict

University president says existing research project into extracting green hydrogen from seawater will continue

Fri Sept 05 2025 - 13:25
Uisce Éireann warns housing connections at risk as €1.3bn Dublin sewage scheme faces legal challenge

Uisce Éireann warns housing connections at risk as €1.3bn Dublin sewage scheme faces legal challenge

Project knocked back again after go-ahead in July following seven years in planning system

Thu Sept 04 2025 - 11:53
Ireland keen for EU to maintain aid spending levels in next budget cycle

Ireland keen for EU to maintain aid spending levels in next budget cycle

Government backs programme to reform United Nations by improving efficiency and effectiveness

Tue Sept 02 2025 - 06:00
US aid cuts to have deep impact on vulnerable people, Irish Ministers hear

US aid cuts to have deep impact on vulnerable people, Irish Ministers hear

Trump to withhold funding for 15 programs, including several overseen by State Department and USAid

Mon Sept 01 2025 - 06:00
Richest 10% of Irish households hold nearly half the wealth

Richest 10% of Irish households hold nearly half the wealth

Total net wealth of households here rose to record €1.25tn in first quarter, new figures show

Thu Aug 28 2025 - 14:56
Three hospitals paid consultants all the NTPF money received for waiting-list schemes

Three hospitals paid consultants all the NTPF money received for waiting-list schemes

Naas, St Michael’s and Kerry hospitals disclosed they had failed to comply with memorandum of understanding with agency, review reveals

Thu Aug 28 2025 - 06:00
More than 1,000 patient cases examined as part of review at Drogheda hospital

More than 1,000 patient cases examined as part of review at Drogheda hospital

Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital is taking a look back at all histopathology slides seen by one consultant

Wed Aug 27 2025 - 16:53
Dozens of Drogheda hospital patients had pre-cancerous cells miscategorised

Dozens of Drogheda hospital patients had pre-cancerous cells miscategorised

Several dozen patients to receive letters from hospital over grading of their pre-cancerous cells on foot of review of work of one consultant

Tue Aug 26 2025 - 20:22
New ‘exceptionally beautiful’ planet discovered by Irish astronomers

New ‘exceptionally beautiful’ planet discovered by Irish astronomers

Planet, Named WISPIT 2b, is believed to be a gas giant in early stage of formation

Tue Aug 26 2025 - 11:00
Simon Harris proposed doubling defence spending as ‘step change urgently required’

Simon Harris proposed doubling defence spending as ‘step change urgently required’

Simon Harris wanted €3.4bn for radar, armoured vehicles, aircraft and surveillance equipment

Mon Aug 25 2025 - 06:00
‘World order is changing’: Department of Defence argued for substantial funding rise, Harris notes reveal

‘World order is changing’: Department of Defence argued for substantial funding rise, Harris notes reveal

Department of Public Expenditure’s financial offer would see State’s military capabilities ‘go backwards’

Mon Aug 25 2025 - 06:00
Man dies following quad bike incident in Cavan

Man dies following quad bike incident in Cavan

Gardaí say man in his 40s pronounced dead at premises in Killeshandra

Sun Aug 24 2025 - 22:43
Man arrested after three children hit by car in Belfast

Man arrested after three children hit by car in Belfast

Children, who were playing on footpath, have been taken to hospital

Sun Aug 24 2025 - 21:05
Cost of former CEO employment dispute at Children’s Health Ireland exceeds €160,000

Cost of former CEO employment dispute at Children’s Health Ireland exceeds €160,000

Issued centred on clash between Government policy on term limits for chief executives in State sector and rights under employment law

Sun Aug 24 2025 - 11:21
Dart expansion to Drogheda approved in move to supercharge commuter capacity

Dart expansion to Drogheda approved in move to supercharge commuter capacity

Northern line improvements may lead to controversial shuttle replacement for Howth suburb

Thu Aug 21 2025 - 19:32
All schools expected to open next week despite strike by secretaries and caretakers, Department of Education says

All schools expected to open next week despite strike by secretaries and caretakers, Department of Education says

But Fórsa says up to 2,300 schools could be affected by industrial action over pensions, terms and conditions

Thu Aug 21 2025 - 14:51
Cost of hiring agency staff in hospitals hit €380m last year

Cost of hiring agency staff in hospitals hit €380m last year

HSE says high spend was despite intensive recruitment efforts, but David Cullinane criticises figures as ‘completely unacceptable’

Fri Aug 08 2025 - 06:00
Ireland is exposed as Maga right attempts to take on Big Tech regulation

Ireland is exposed as Maga right attempts to take on Big Tech regulation

Concerns are growing that EU officials regulating Big Tech could face US visa bans

Sat Aug 02 2025 - 06:00
US politicians visiting Dublin warn tech firms could pull back from Europe amid frustration at regulation

US politicians visiting Dublin warn tech firms could pull back from Europe amid frustration at regulation

US congressional delegation tells Government of its concerns regarding freedom of speech restriction of the tech sector

Fri Aug 01 2025 - 17:41
Medical device company paid €720,000 twice by HSE for the same invoice now in liquidation

Medical device company paid €720,000 twice by HSE for the same invoice now in liquidation

Company is now in liquidation, and health service says it is engaged with liquidator to recover overpayment

Wed Jul 30 2025 - 19:49
Ireland’s online safety code can continue but further legal challenges likely over regulation

Ireland’s online safety code can continue but further legal challenges likely over regulation

Government believes code is crucial in protecting children from dangers in digital world

Tue Jul 29 2025 - 19:00
Review completed into Ministers who owe, or are owed, cash due to pension error

Review completed into Ministers who owe, or are owed, cash due to pension error

‘Inappropriate’ to disclose numbers involved or details regarding those affected, says Department of Public Expenditure

Mon Jul 28 2025 - 06:00
Inquiries under way into further allegations around waiting list initiatives at Children’s Health Ireland

Inquiries under way into further allegations around waiting list initiatives at Children’s Health Ireland

Public Accounts Committee and Minister hears that consultant paid €40,000 in 2018 to treat patients on his waiting list at private hospital

Mon Jul 28 2025 - 06:00
HSE paid €720,000 invoice twice using different systems, audit finds

HSE paid €720,000 invoice twice using different systems, audit finds

More than €4m due from health insurers written off due to delays in submitting bills, HSE’s accounts for last year show

Fri Jul 25 2025 - 14:12
Second tier child benefit could leave up to 100,000 worse off, tax strategy paper suggests

Second tier child benefit could leave up to 100,000 worse off, tax strategy paper suggests

Report says such a payment would involve the replacement of some existing supports and leave some worse off

Thu Jul 24 2025 - 17:03
‘Constructive’ talks take place between Minister and disability service providers, says department

‘Constructive’ talks take place between Minister and disability service providers, says department

Organisations warn about ‘extreme risk’ to capacity for expanding services or sustaining existing operations

Tue Jul 22 2025 - 19:46
Fast-track planning to speed up national infrastructure in €200bn plan 

Fast-track planning to speed up national infrastructure in €200bn plan 

Investment in housing, water and grid infrastructure, defence, prisons and sports facilities planned under NDP

Tue Jul 22 2025 - 06:00
Ministers sought multiples of available funding as part of national plan review

Ministers sought multiples of available funding as part of national plan review

Spending on five key areas yet to be resolved in advance of launch of revised National Development Plan next week

Sat Jul 19 2025 - 06:00
No agreement yet on how proceeds of Apple tax case will be spent

No agreement yet on how proceeds of Apple tax case will be spent

Disagreement remains over funding for housing, health, education, transport and defence under €20bn revised National Development Plan

Sat Jul 19 2025 - 06:00
HSE to cut travel expenses and agency staff to tackle €218m overspend

HSE to cut travel expenses and agency staff to tackle €218m overspend

Health service records €218m overrun on current expenditure in first six months but HSE aims to break even on services funded by Department of Health by year-end

Fri Jul 18 2025 - 06:00
Inside the insourcing industry: The multimillion euro business within our public hospitals

Inside the insourcing industry: The multimillion euro business within our public hospitals

Minister for Health Jennifer Carroll MacNeill to decide if private firms will continue tackling waiting lists in the public system

Wed Jul 16 2025 - 06:00
State ‘well positioned’ despite uncertain markets, NTMA says

State ‘well positioned’ despite uncertain markets, NTMA says

Republic still has still has debt of more than €200bn

Mon Jul 14 2025 - 14:37
NTMA ‘will look hard’ at its systems and protocols after €5m fraud

NTMA ‘will look hard’ at its systems and protocols after €5m fraud

NTMA chief says payment was made to a third party at a time when a drawdown or capital call was anticipated

Mon Jul 14 2025 - 13:32
EU/US trade deal is still possible says Paschal Donohoe

EU/US trade deal is still possible says Paschal Donohoe

Minister says tariffs at high level ‘would be bad for the economic growth of Ireland and would affect our job creation potential’

Mon Jul 14 2025 - 12:02
Trump’s 30% tariffs would effectively cut off EU-US trade, Sefcovic says

Trump’s 30% tariffs would effectively cut off EU-US trade, Sefcovic says

Top EU negotiator says higher tariff rates would ‘prohibit’ transatlantic trade

Mon Jul 14 2025 - 08:59
Dáil committee to scrutinise how Tusla has spent millions on ‘complex litigation’

Dáil committee to scrutinise how Tusla has spent millions on ‘complex litigation’

Dáil Public Accounts Committee expected to question agency over legal cases and protected disclosure

Mon Jul 14 2025 - 06:00
Ireland seeks to safeguard UN mission in Lebanon where 340 Irish troops serve

Ireland seeks to safeguard UN mission in Lebanon where 340 Irish troops serve

Tánaiste Simon Harris supports operation’s renewal amid concerns US may push to scrap it or scale it back

Mon Jul 14 2025 - 06:00
Department of Public Expenditure faces ‘embarrassing’ €700,000 Revenue bill after payroll errors

Department of Public Expenditure faces ‘embarrassing’ €700,000 Revenue bill after payroll errors

Issue relates to deductions from retirement benefits of former public service staff with high-value pensions

Thu Jul 10 2025 - 10:19
Maternity services across Ireland should be reviewed, expert group urges following Portiuncula report

Maternity services across Ireland should be reviewed, expert group urges following Portiuncula report

‘Higher risk’ pregnancy antenatal care to be moved from Portiuncula hospital to other locations

Wed Jul 09 2025 - 16:06
CIÉ could collapse amid potential €4bn pension liabilities if asset values fall, unions tell workers

CIÉ could collapse amid potential €4bn pension liabilities if asset values fall, unions tell workers

Ballot on plans to reform pension schemes at State-owned transport group to commence next week

Wed Jul 09 2025 - 06:00
Russia could block UN missions involving Irish personnel in Bosnia and Mediterranean, Harris warns

Russia could block UN missions involving Irish personnel in Bosnia and Mediterranean, Harris warns

Tánaiste says renewal of mandates for these missions face potential challenges at UN Security Council

Mon Jul 07 2025 - 06:00
HSE paid one firm €54m over 27 months for services to tackle waiting lists in public hospitals

HSE paid one firm €54m over 27 months for services to tackle waiting lists in public hospitals

Three firms involved in insourcing received more than €70m in total, new HSE report shows

Fri Jul 04 2025 - 19:59
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