Former Inland Fisheries boss’s case adjourned at WRC after lawyers come off recordFrancis O’Donnell says he was unfairly dismissed after making protected disclosuresFri Sept 18 2026 - 16:11
Case involving Corporate Enforcement Authority at WRC cost €385,000 Ministerial sanction provided in July to an agreement which saw proceedings withdrawn, Public Accounts Committee is toldFri Sept 18 2026 - 12:25
Permits revoked for more than 350 people to work as security guards Regulator concludes proof of training provided to underpin application for licence fraudulentFri Sept 18 2026 - 08:00
How will Irish Rail keep trains running after firing company behind new signalling system? Irish Rail, having fired Indra, wants to directly award contract to Siemens Mobility Fri Sept 18 2026 - 05:00
Fall in number of units added to social housing stockRetrofitting targets set by Government unlikely to be met, suggests latest report Thu Sept 17 2026 - 00:01
‘MetroLink is happening’: Market bids can begin for construction of Dublin rail lineNew estimates indicate cost of 19km railway will range from €14.4bn to €17.5bn, Darragh O’Brien saysWed Sept 16 2026 - 14:30
Public transport fare hikes necessary to help plug €800m funding gap, says transport bodyTransport officials to be questioned about plans to increase bus and rail fares by 15% on average Wed Sept 16 2026 - 08:00
MetroLink could cost €17.5bn due to inflation and design changesMinister for Transport to seek Cabinet approval for Dublin rail project to be put out to tenderWed Sept 16 2026 - 06:17
Government levy will impact funding for Uisce Éireann, IDA, Fáilte IrelandDepartment of Defence says levy to offset education overspend will put ‘significant’ pressure on military transformation programmeWed Sept 16 2026 - 06:00
Safety of gardaí abroad part of reason for State chartering return deportation flights Public Accounts Committee is told more than €3m spent so far under a contract to transport people from IrelandMon Sept 14 2026 - 12:30
Saturday hospital unit staffed by consultants saw just five patients over three monthsWeekend pilot of acute medical assessment unit reports no improvement in ED patient flow Mon Sept 14 2026 - 10:00
Overspending health regions to be asked to slow hiring after headcount surgeMinister for Health Jennifer Carroll MacNeill said there had been ‘extraordinarily high’ recruitment in the HSESat Sept 12 2026 - 06:00
MetroLink to build housing for up to 2,000 workers Business plan for 19km rail line includes budget of up to €500m for the provision of accommodation for construction workers Sat Sept 12 2026 - 06:00
Dozens of consultants offered posts without start dates due to health cost overruns‘Growing and ageing population requires realistic budget ... to deliver timely and appropriate care,’ says Irish Medical OrganisationFri Sept 11 2026 - 10:00
HSE spending controls have ‘not had sufficient impact’, says MinisterJennifer Carroll MacNeill says scale of projected HSE overspend ‘cannot be explained by demand pressures alone’Thu Sept 10 2026 - 14:12
Four HSE regions to lose power over day-to-day spendingJack Chambers criticises ‘completely ineffective management of the control system’ and ‘really poor performance by certain regions’Thu Sept 10 2026 - 06:00
Move to strip four HSE regions of spending powers is a dramatic Government policy shiftRegionalisation of health administration was a key Government reform but within months financial challenges began to emergeThu Sept 10 2026 - 06:00
Fisheries staff got €40,000 in ‘bounties’ for collecting salmon tags, Comptroller says Payments were made to Inland Fisheries Ireland personnel by State research body, the Marine Institute, as part of research programmeThu Sept 10 2026 - 05:00
Consultants’ move to public-only contracts hits hospital incomeInternal Health Service Executive paper indicates shortfall of nearly €56m Wed Sept 09 2026 - 06:00
Dispute over failed Irish Rail IT project could end up in court Delays introducing system by Spanish IT multinational Indra Sistemas leaves train operator holding €50m write-down Tue Sept 08 2026 - 06:00
Irish Rail fires IT firm behind much-delayed project and prepares to seek damages amid €50m writedownBut software specialist Indra says critical information on railway network was not shared with project teamMon Sept 07 2026 - 06:00
HSE team set up to address overspend at Naas hospital amid fears of possible €41m deficitSpending from January to March 2026 suggests a deficit for the year of €41mMon Sept 07 2026 - 06:00
Ukrainian deputy prime minister airs Aughinish concerns with Ministers in Dublin Vsevolod Chentsov insists EU should stop trading with Russia no matter how painful to member statesSat Sept 05 2026 - 06:00
Ireland and Spain only EU countries to increase development aid last yearState spent about €1.88bn in official development assistance last year, including a record €807m under the Irish Aid programmeFri Sept 04 2026 - 06:00
New bus and rail fare hikes mark a turning pointExchequer subvention of bus and rail services had reached €940m this year Thu Sept 03 2026 - 18:47
Irish bus and rail fare hikes of up to 35% are confirmedIt is envisaged increases of more than 30% on some tickets will take effect from January, says National Transport AuthorityThu Sept 03 2026 - 16:16
Commuters to face increased fares on buses and trainsRising cost of State funding for public services has been a spending concern for some time Thu Sept 03 2026 - 06:00
Solicitors consider approaching barristers to join strike in escalation of fees fight with MinisterImpact of dispute set to escalate as courts resume after summer recessSat Aug 29 2026 - 08:00
Former National Transport Authority chief was underpaid by €50,000 in total over several yearsAccounts reveal ‘multiannual discrepancy’ accumulating to more than €55,000, identified and rectifiedSat Aug 29 2026 - 06:00
CUH consultants seek independent staffing assessment over patient safety fearsMinister warned of threat to patient safety following ‘years of underfunding’ Wed Aug 26 2026 - 15:30
€530m already spent on MetroLink project but no final budget in place, Minister confirmsPublic Accounts Committee chair questioned Darragh O’Brien on the wisdom of ‘spending now and determining the budget later’Tue Aug 25 2026 - 12:41
Planning in place for 80,000 Dublin homes, but work has started on less than half33,623 housing units were being built in second quarter of year, new report will saySun Aug 23 2026 - 17:08
Health and social care firms to be allowed recruit more than half of staff from outside EU Change to apply to health and social care sector, but Coalition under pressure to extend remit for heavy goods vehicle drivers Sat Aug 22 2026 - 06:00
New €30m Dublin nursing home lies empty as owners await law changeHealthcare and haulage sectors say they cannot find staff at home while curb on hiring non-EU workers poses challenges to their businessesSat Aug 22 2026 - 06:00
Almost 6,000 fewer healthcare staff than officially permitted, HSE saysGap will close as trainee staff move into regular employment on graduation, officials say, but nurses and doctors express concernFri Aug 21 2026 - 06:00
Beaumont Hospital chief executive steps down after two yearsAnne Coyle to stay on until November to facilitate new leadership transition at north Dublin hospital Tue Aug 18 2026 - 16:33
The HSE was broken up into six regions two years ago to deliver better care. Is it working?Restructuring Ireland’s health service was meant to integrate services locally, but concerns have been highlighted by regional managers and the HSE boardMon Aug 10 2026 - 06:00
State paid more than €500k to private firm for air traffic control at Dublin Air Corps baseFlying operations had been restricted at Casement Aerodrome for period last year due to shortage of qualified military personnelMon Aug 03 2026 - 06:00
Ireland’s first long-range military radar systems to be in place next yearFrance was selected months ago as Ireland’s preferred partner to deliver the programmeFri Jul 31 2026 - 06:00
MetroLink: The decades-long journey towards Ireland’s first underground rail servicePrevious efforts for the infrastructure project have stalled, including after the financial crisisMon Jul 27 2026 - 13:35
Hospitals say insufficient funding is affecting patient servicesIrish Voluntary Healthcare Association says its members are worried about financial sustainabilityMon Jul 27 2026 - 06:00
HSE under pressure over health agency staff as Opposition claims spending is risingHealth service spent more than €900 million on personnel recruited through external agencies last yearMon Jul 27 2026 - 06:00
MetroLink could cost up to €19bn, say senior Coalition figuresCabinet set to consider plans in autumn to put out to tender the proposed 19km Dublin rail link from Swords to CharlemontMon Jul 27 2026 - 06:00
Emergency infrastructure laws ‘may be at extremity’ of what is constitutionally permittedMinister for Public Expenditure says aspects of Climate Act weaponised by those who want to stop projectsSat Jul 25 2026 - 08:48
Property-based tax measures could cost close to €1.4bn this year, tax papers showReduction in VAT on apartments to cost nearly €400mFri Jul 24 2026 - 05:38
Spending above €10,000 in health service now requires top-level approval Payment orders for non-clinical items above specific figure countrywide must be signed off by HSE chief executive in Dublin Thu Jul 23 2026 - 06:00
HSE decision ‘could add 4,000 patients per month’ to waiting listsInitiative aimed at improving access to healthcare ended last monthWed Jul 22 2026 - 06:00
Insourcing curbs were always going to affect patients, but HSE region’s warnings were starkInsourcing drove down waiting lists but came at a high cost, along with concerns over governance and ‘perverse incentives’ Wed Jul 22 2026 - 06:00
State fisheries agency spent €16,000 on legal fees before Oireachtas appearanceInland Fisheries Ireland also paid more than €50,000 to a PR company ahead of the same eventSat Jul 18 2026 - 06:00
Pressure over Government spending cuts likely to fuel tensions at Cabinet Black hole in Department of Education funding has led to €446m levyFri Jul 17 2026 - 21:41
