Pensioners unaware they must return ‘significant’ education and training board overpaymentsAlmost €774,000 overpaid to 32 ex-education and training boards workers, report findsFri Sept 12 2025 - 06:00
DAA and Kenny Jacobs engage lawyers to resolve boardroom rift at airport operatorFallout may lead to CEO’s exit from State-owned bodyThu Sept 11 2025 - 20:08
Almost 400 National Lottery prizes may have gone unclaimed due to technical glitchMinister says regulator withheld €23,000 from operator as a result of licence breachThu Sept 11 2025 - 13:00
Curbs on external firms in hospitals will have ‘some impact’ on patient care, HSE warns InsourcingThu Sept 11 2025 - 06:00
Rift opens up between DAA board and its CEO Kenny JacobsTensions at board level have been brought to the attention of senior Government figuresWed Sept 10 2025 - 22:08
Search for missing boy intensifies at north Dublin siteSearch of Donabate site entering second week after claims boy buried there four years agoSun Sept 07 2025 - 19:03
Doubts grow that planned State elective hospitals will be built before 2030sMinister did not secure sufficient funding to pay for all key health projects, says Sinn FéinSat Sept 06 2025 - 06:00
‘We are in McDonald’s but your son is refusing the food’: How Irish households are boycotting Israeli productsCampaigner 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 conflictUniversity president says existing research project into extracting green hydrogen from seawater will continueFri Sept 05 2025 - 13:25
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 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 hearTrump 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 wealthTotal net wealth of households here rose to record €1.25tn in first quarter, new figures showThu Aug 28 2025 - 14:56
Three hospitals paid consultants all the NTPF money received for waiting-list schemesNaas, St Michael’s and Kerry hospitals disclosed they had failed to comply with memorandum of understanding with agency, review revealsThu Aug 28 2025 - 06:00
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 consultantWed Aug 27 2025 - 16:53
Dozens of Drogheda hospital patients had pre-cancerous cells miscategorisedSeveral dozen patients to receive letters from hospital over grading of their pre-cancerous cells on foot of review of work of one consultantTue Aug 26 2025 - 20:22
New ‘exceptionally beautiful’ planet discovered by Irish astronomersPlanet, Named WISPIT 2b, is believed to be a gas giant in early stage of formationTue Aug 26 2025 - 11:00
Simon Harris proposed doubling defence spending as ‘step change urgently required’Simon Harris wanted €3.4bn for radar, armoured vehicles, aircraft and surveillance equipmentMon Aug 25 2025 - 06:00
‘World order is changing’: Department of Defence argued for substantial funding rise, Harris notes revealDepartment 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 CavanGardaí say man in his 40s pronounced dead at premises in KilleshandraSun Aug 24 2025 - 22:43
Man arrested after three children hit by car in Belfast Children, who were playing on footpath, have been taken to hospitalSun Aug 24 2025 - 21:05
Cost of former CEO employment dispute at Children’s Health Ireland exceeds €160,000Issued centred on clash between Government policy on term limits for chief executives in State sector and rights under employment lawSun Aug 24 2025 - 11:21
Dart expansion to Drogheda approved in move to supercharge commuter capacityNorthern 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 saysBut Fórsa says up to 2,300 schools could be affected by industrial action over pensions, terms and conditionsThu Aug 21 2025 - 14:51
Cost of hiring agency staff in hospitals hit €380m last yearHSE 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 regulationConcerns are growing that EU officials regulating Big Tech could face US visa bansSat Aug 02 2025 - 06:00
US politicians visiting Dublin warn tech firms could pull back from Europe amid frustration at regulationUS congressional delegation tells Government of its concerns regarding freedom of speech restriction of the tech sectorFri Aug 01 2025 - 17:41
Medical device company paid €720,000 twice by HSE for the same invoice now in liquidationCompany is now in liquidation, and health service says it is engaged with liquidator to recover overpaymentWed Jul 30 2025 - 19:49
Ireland’s online safety code can continue but further legal challenges likely over regulationGovernment 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‘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 IrelandPublic Accounts Committee and Minister hears that consultant paid €40,000 in 2018 to treat patients on his waiting list at private hospitalMon Jul 28 2025 - 06:00
HSE paid €720,000 invoice twice using different systems, audit findsMore than €4m due from health insurers written off due to delays in submitting bills, HSE’s accounts for last year showFri Jul 25 2025 - 14:12
Second tier child benefit could leave up to 100,000 worse off, tax strategy paper suggestsReport says such a payment would involve the replacement of some existing supports and leave some worse offThu Jul 24 2025 - 17:03
‘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 operationsTue Jul 22 2025 - 19:46
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 Spending on five key areas yet to be resolved in advance of launch of revised National Development Plan next weekSat Jul 19 2025 - 06:00
No agreement yet on how proceeds of Apple tax case will be spentDisagreement remains over funding for housing, health, education, transport and defence under €20bn revised National Development PlanSat Jul 19 2025 - 06:00
HSE to cut travel expenses and agency staff to tackle €218m overspendHealth 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 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 saysRepublic still has still has debt of more than €200bnMon Jul 14 2025 - 14:37
NTMA ‘will look hard’ at its systems and protocols after €5m fraudNTMA chief says payment was made to a third party at a time when a drawdown or capital call was anticipatedMon Jul 14 2025 - 13:32
EU/US trade deal is still possible says Paschal DonohoeMinister 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 saysTop 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 Public Accounts Committee expected to question agency over legal cases and protected disclosureMon Jul 14 2025 - 06:00
Ireland seeks to safeguard UN mission in Lebanon where 340 Irish troops serveTánaiste Simon Harris supports operation’s renewal amid concerns US may push to scrap it or scale it backMon Jul 14 2025 - 06:00
Department of Public Expenditure faces ‘embarrassing’ €700,000 Revenue bill after payroll errorsIssue relates to deductions from retirement benefits of former public service staff with high-value pensionsThu Jul 10 2025 - 10:19
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 workersBallot 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 warnsTánaiste 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 hospitalsThree firms involved in insourcing received more than €70m in total, new HSE report showsFri Jul 04 2025 - 19:59
