Budget 2027: Simon Harris signals focus on tax relief and childcare measuresGovernment eager to avoid criticism of last year’s budget with a key theme of ensuring work paysMon Jun 15 2026 - 15:02
Budget 2027: Tax changes for workers and more affordable childcare set to be prioritiesNational Economic Dialogue event will hear childcare and tax moves central to next budgetMon Jun 15 2026 - 06:00
Fisheries officer says he was treated as ‘black sheep and leper’ after blowing whistleComplaint made against Inland Fisheries Ireland assistant inspector within days of disclosureSat Jun 13 2026 - 06:00
Witness ‘afraid’ to give evidence due to intimidation by State fisheries agency, WRC toldInland Fisheries Ireland says there is ‘absolutely no substance whatsoever’ to claims of witness intimidationThu Jun 11 2026 - 18:36
Removing private practice in public hospitals under new contracts ‘inadequately monitored’ Rostering of consultants to work Saturdays or evenings via latest arrangements remains low, HSE auditors sayThu Jun 11 2026 - 00:01
Irish Rail has no confidence contractor can deliver multimillion euro IT projectCompany asked why millions continued to be spent on management system despite long existing concerns Wed Jun 10 2026 - 17:26
Irish Rail wanted to end contract last year for delayed IT project companyTDs to hear from State-owned rail company about €50m write-down on system to manage movement of trainsWed Jun 10 2026 - 06:00
Hospital employee flagged that €30,000 Aramark payment to CHI could be reviewed by watchdogPAC to consider emails about payment from company that ran restaurant service at CrumlinTue Jun 09 2026 - 06:00
Man arrested after gardaí seize drugs worth more than €100,000 in Cork Officers uncovered sophisticated cannabis grow house in BallymakeeraMon Jun 08 2026 - 23:28
Irish Rail inability to source key train-control system parts heightens ‘risk of disruption’Just two spare central processing units remain for system that was meant to be replaced in 2024 Mon Jun 08 2026 - 06:00
Retired CIÉ staff set for first pension increase in nearly 18 years ‘in coming weeks’Over 6,000 former staff to receive pension increases of up to 5% under proposals approved by MinistersMon Jun 08 2026 - 05:30
Scrapped €50m Irish Rail IT project could lead to extra costs of up to €800,000 a monthInitial testing has ‘revealed problems’ with latest software delivered by contractorSat Jun 06 2026 - 06:00
From brain to drain: How was €50m wasted on a planned IT system for Ireland’s rail network?Oireachtas committees to begin investigations into cost overruns on project once called the ‘brain of the railway’ by a Government MinisterSat Jun 06 2026 - 06:00
Lidl claims planning system is being exploited by rivalSupermarket chain wants measures similar to fast-tracking of large infrastructure projectsThu Jun 04 2026 - 06:00
Department of Health faces task to find €175m in savings to offset overspending in educationLabour TD Ged Nash says the way details of sums involved are being presented by Ministers ‘is anything but transparent’Sat May 23 2026 - 06:00
Department of Justice told to save €39m under levy proposed by Jack ChambersDepartment of Transport faces €18m savings target, but some Ministers criticised for lack of transparencyFri May 22 2026 - 06:00
Irish charities facing uncertain future amid rising costs and funding shortfalls Survey finds that nearly a quarter of charities have doubts they can sustain services over the coming yearThu May 21 2026 - 21:59
Irish Rail’s €50m writedown on IT project a ‘national scandal’, says Sinn Féin Scathing criticism at Dáil committee follows report saying State-owned train operator has no confidence in traffic management system Thu May 21 2026 - 15:54
Irish Rail to scrap new €50m IT system for trainsState-owned rail company does not have confidence the system to control train movement can be deployed on the networkThu May 21 2026 - 06:00
Up to 200 staff at disability service provider may have been affected by recruiter data breach Stewarts Care tells personnel their data may have been exposed in serious breach at Healthdaq firm through which they were employed Wed May 20 2026 - 12:34
More than 700,000 carbon credits purchased by State cancelled last yearEU framework restricted types of carbon credits that could be applied, Department of Climate tells PACWed May 20 2026 - 06:00
‘He gets a bit of enjoyment out of the power’: Is this man now Ireland’s most powerful civil servant?Have new curbs on spending made top Department of Public Expenditure official David Moloney Ireland’s most powerful civil servant?Wed May 20 2026 - 06:00
Number of apartments under construction in Dublin rises, but house building slowsDecisions on planning applications awaited for 13,600 housing units, down from backlog of 34,400Mon May 18 2026 - 07:30
Department of Public Expenditure to pay up to €8,500 a month on help to sell infrastructure plan‘Independent analysis and research support’ for department currently cracking down on overspends elsewhereSat May 16 2026 - 06:00
Transport authority disputes PAC report claiming new ticketing system is €41m over budgetKey IT projects at Government departments and State agencies set to run €61m over budget Thu May 14 2026 - 18:53
Bertie Ahern’s comments on immigration ‘totally wrong’, says Jack Chambers Tánaiste Simon Harris expects former taoiseach to ‘reflect’ on ‘any hurt or harm’ remarks have causedThu May 14 2026 - 15:48
Government to encourage public service to take more risks for infrastructure‘Risk aversion is holding us back,’ Chambers tells engineers’ conferenceThu May 14 2026 - 12:30
Ireland’s national debt could hit €250bn in 2030sNational Treasury Management Agency to warn TDs level of debt carries risk as borrowing matures and becomes more expensiveThu May 14 2026 - 05:00
Enrolments in primary schools to fall significantlyStudent numbers at first year in second level also starting to decline but there will be significant local variations, briefing document saysMon May 11 2026 - 11:00
Asylum seeker housing providers sue State over reduced demandCommittee of Public Accounts chairman says details outlined in Department of Justice letter ‘deeply concerning and raises serious questions’Mon May 11 2026 - 06:00
Ministers face new budget curbs in overspending crackdown Expenditure control framework to be finalised shortly by Department of Public Expenditure Sun May 10 2026 - 20:28
Government departments fear being asked to cough up due to Health overspendHSE chief reveals ‘significantly worsened’ financial position in March when €250m overrun recorded in first quarter Fri May 08 2026 - 14:58
Almost 300 asylum seekers claiming to be children were adultsTusla says age assessment of unaccompanied minors has been an issue of significant risk in recent yearsThu May 07 2026 - 06:00
Trump continues to make threats as Iran reviews US proposal to end warUS president threatens to renew strikes as Iranian official dismisses proposals as ‘list of American wishes’Wed May 06 2026 - 20:07
About 1.6m barrels from State oil reserve to be released on to marketNational Oil Reserves Agency says move will leave it holding enough fuel to last 80 days rather than 90 at presentWed May 06 2026 - 19:06
HSE to pause recruitment in some non-frontline roles due to €250m overspend HSE chief tells senior management the organisation is ‘significantly over budget’ and the situation is ‘serious’Wed May 06 2026 - 16:37
Children’s hospital group says it had sought €30,000 from concession holder to reduce cost of Christmas party for staffBuilder Bam expected to provide a new timeline on Friday, Pac told Thu Apr 30 2026 - 14:41
Payment of €30,000 to children’s hospital group was to settle accounts, not for staff party, company saysPublic Accounts Committee expected to question background to payment made to Children’s Health IrelandThu Apr 30 2026 - 10:22
Sinn Féin urges Senator accused of blackmail to assist Garda investigationFraud and theft allegations being investigated by Garda National Economic Crime Bureau, says Dáil Committee of Public Accounts chairman Thu Apr 30 2026 - 06:00
National children’s hospital completion date will ‘continue to evolve’, says builder BAM‘Highly selective data’ being misleadingly used about current state of project, builder saysWed Apr 29 2026 - 22:19
Fisheries officer says he was sent bill for €24,000 for damages following crash in uninsured State car WRC hears IFI officer penalised, ostracised and singled out after he made protected disclosures regarding the insurance issueWed Apr 29 2026 - 08:00
New national children’s hospital further delayed amid ventilation issue‘Unprecedented 106,500 defects in the 5,728 rooms’ yet to be addressed by builder Bam, Pac to be toldWed Apr 29 2026 - 06:00
‘Astonishing’: €1.1m in legal costs paid by OPW over unbuilt children’s science centre criticisedState agency has legal obligation to deliver a building for €70m project, but recently told Public Accounts Committee it had no funding for itWed Apr 29 2026 - 06:00
Fisheries agency threw official ‘under the bus’ after protected disclosure, WRC toldFishery inspector says he knew letter to management on uninsured vehicles ‘would be like a nuclear bomb going off’ in the State agencyTue Apr 28 2026 - 09:00
Independent review ordered into €36m railway IT system amid concerns of cost overrunsMinister for Transport Darragh O’Brien expresses ‘dissatisfaction at the rate of progress’ on projectFri Apr 24 2026 - 19:22
New Irish Rail IT system is ‘a slowly developing shambles’, says Dáil committee chairmanOver €31m spent on rail traffic management system initially expected to cost €19.5m, with no delivery as yetThu Apr 23 2026 - 18:57
Three hospitals face total funding gap of more than €120m, Oireachtas committee hears Mater hospital says it faced possible insolvency and considered cost-cutting moves including closing wardsThu Apr 23 2026 - 18:45
Ireland considers designating private offshore wind facilities as critical infrastructureJack Chambers tells Oireachtas committee engagement on this issue is under way within GovernmentWed Apr 22 2026 - 20:06
Irish Rail board voices concerns over €36m IT project National Transport Authority also indicated likely cost overrun to Dáil committee regarding train management system Wed Apr 22 2026 - 06:00
St Vincent’s hospital has not signed deal with HSE as it ‘has not received enough money’Mater hospital to tell Dáil Public Accounts Committee it has an accumulated deficit of almost €50mWed Apr 22 2026 - 06:00
