‘Living pay cheque to pay cheque’: Teachers feel pinch of cost-of-living crisisRecent pay rises leave teachers feeling they amounted to ‘half or less than half’ rate of inflation’Wed Apr 08 2026 - 06:00
Education: More than 20,000 ASTI union members set ‘to be excluded’ from promotional posts Contentious issue of roles to be established by Coalition to support students with Leaving Cert reforms surfaces at annual conference Tue Apr 07 2026 - 20:19
Calls for fisheries agency to repay €60K spent on training before PAC appearancePublic body spending public money to prepare for hearing ‘ludicrous’, TD saysTue Apr 07 2026 - 12:10
Government departments are using AI, but one clear red line has been laid downMinisters maintain human oversight remains a non-negotiable component in carrying out certain tasksTue Apr 07 2026 - 06:00
Teacher union conferences expected to focus on pay as inflation increasesConferences also scheduled to consider workplace stress, school inspections, assaults on staff and impact of recruitment and retention crisisMon Apr 06 2026 - 06:00
Serious row rages over existing spending levels as teachers demand more resourcesMinister for Education seeks reset in her core budget while Department of Public Expenditure is concerned about rising costs of special needs education and school transport scheme Mon Apr 06 2026 - 06:00
Minister for Education seeks several hundred million in extra funds and budget ‘reset’Additional money would go towards special education services and school transport schemeMon Apr 06 2026 - 06:00
Attacks on undersea cables could cut off Ireland from global internet, Government warned Concerns over threat to key infrastructure raised in private submissions by Government departments and State agencies Sat Apr 04 2026 - 06:00
‘Immediate corrective measures’ ordered to tackle €150m HSE overrun in January and FebruaryNew HSE chief executive Anne O’Connor says financial position of health service after first two months of year ‘extremely concerning’Thu Apr 02 2026 - 18:33
Beaumont Hospital paid €1.5m to company in which 20 staff were directors without competitive processFinancial statement reveals hospital was hit by a €40,000 fraud last yearWed Apr 01 2026 - 18:56
Voluntary hospital chiefs seek pay rise to restore salary link broken 20 years agoHSE has been examining whether hospital boards were compliant with Government pay policy in setting CEO salaries Wed Apr 01 2026 - 06:00
Teachers to consider escalating industrial action over lack of pay risesUnion survey finds high level of concern that AI has changed practical meaning of what constitutes ‘student work’ in Leaving CertTue Mar 31 2026 - 15:13
More than a dozen cases of money going missing from Garda stations, Dáil committee toldOne investigation relating to sum of €1,100 resulted in criminal proceedings against a gardaTue Mar 31 2026 - 06:00
CIÉ plans to redevelop Heuston and Connolly train stationsCIÉ chief also says it wants to secure pension deal that would see 6,000 retired personnel receive first pension increases in 18 yearsFri Mar 27 2026 - 05:30
CIÉ’s new CEO Stephen Kent: We face ‘an existential threat’ over €4bn pension liabilityCIÉ’s new CEO Stephen Kent has ambitious plans to redevelop landbanks around Heuston and Connolly and build commercial resilience Fri Mar 27 2026 - 05:00
‘Serious allegations’ over former taoiseach putting pressure on fisheries agency, PAC hearsProposed severance deal for ex-Inland Fisheries Ireland chief also raised at Dáil Public Accounts CommitteeThu Mar 26 2026 - 20:59
Controversies and governance issues at fisheries agency very damaging, says department Inland Fisheries Ireland has been in ‘stormy waters’ for years, chairman to tell Dáil Public Accounts CommitteeWed Mar 25 2026 - 10:00
Doctors paid thousands more for special waiting list clinics than normal contracts Consultant services to clear waiting lists at Naas General Hospital were paid on fee-per-patient basis, audit findsTue Mar 24 2026 - 00:01
‘We are at a dangerous moment’: Action needed to prevent deeper crisis, Government saysMinister Helen McEntee urges deescalation to create space for dialogueSun Mar 22 2026 - 16:11
Children’s Health Ireland accepted €30,000 from concession holder for staff Christmas partyOffice of Public Works expected to warn that Ireland must be ready for increased flooding arising from climate change Thu Mar 19 2026 - 13:38
US committed to working with Ireland to safeguard ‘shared security’, says Rubio US secretary of state says Irish investment is supporting more than 370,000 American jobsTue Mar 17 2026 - 09:39
Irish Rail needs executive chairman, outgoing chair says in resignation letter to MinisterSteve Murphy stood down as chairman of the State-owned rail company in February after just two years in the post Mon Mar 16 2026 - 05:46
Department of Defence urged to improve protection of critical underwater gas pipelinesAttacks on infrastructure could cause disruption and economic harm, says Gas Networks IrelandSat Mar 14 2026 - 06:00
Damage to Irish subsea gas pipelines could take ‘six months to fix and lead to power outages’Threats to Ireland’s subsea gas interconnectors ‘very much a realistic possibility’, Gas Networks Ireland warns GovernmentSat Mar 14 2026 - 06:00
Budget of €2.2m for cancelled student grant IT project not ‘in any way’ realistic, department saysProject incurred costs of €6.4 million by end of 2024 while still in initiation phaseMon Mar 09 2026 - 06:00
O’Brien opposed DAA-Jacobs deal to avoid setting precedent for ‘generous settlements’Department correspondence shows Minister was not comfortable with ‘very substantial’ amount, believed to be €968,000Mon Mar 09 2026 - 05:45
Claims of fraud and blackmail at State fisheries body brings infighting into the publicClaims of fraud and blackmail surfaced at an employment dispute this week bringing infighting at Inland Fisheries Ireland into publicSat Mar 07 2026 - 06:00
Senator sought to block promotion for key witness in Garda investigation, WRC hearing toldFormer chief executive at Inland Fisheries Ireland tell hearing that within hours of complaint against him shared with agency’s board a TD had read details into Dáil recordThu Mar 05 2026 - 20:02
Former State agency chief told gardaí he was ‘being blackmailed’ by a senator Francis O’Donnell tells Workplace Relations Commission he reported to gardaí that ‘significant fraud had occurred at Inland Fisheries Ireland’Wed Mar 04 2026 - 17:48
Former Inland Fisheries Ireland chief says governance issues ‘weaponised’ against himFrancis O’Donnell tells WRC ‘dream job’ turned into ‘an absolute nightmare’ after he suspended chairman’s brother Wed Mar 04 2026 - 06:00
Former Inland Fisheries Ireland chief claims he was threatened by board chair after suspending his brotherFrancis O’Donell says ‘dream job’ with State agency turned into ‘absolute nightmare’Tue Mar 03 2026 - 18:57
Nearly 30% of unaccompanied minors seeking asylum ‘ineligible’More than 140 people who sought international protection as children determined by Tusla to be adults, figures suggestFri Feb 27 2026 - 06:00
Minster would have been ‘broadly aware’ letters on SNA numbers were being sent, committee toldDepartment of Education says communication problems contributed to controversy over staff redeployment plansThu Feb 26 2026 - 17:41
New public-transport security force to have powers of arrestMinister for Transport Darragh O’Brien outlines plans for unit working across trains, buses and tramsThu Feb 26 2026 - 06:00
More than 150 child asylum claims were ruled ineligible, Tusla figures revealA total of 86 people in 2025 and 67 in 2024 were referred back to the Department of Justice International Protection OfficeWed Feb 25 2026 - 06:15
DAA paid €53,000 towards legal fees for three WRC cases brought by staffAirport operator agreed to cover or contribute to lawyers’ bills as part of settlement agreementsMon Feb 23 2026 - 06:00
Ireland to deepen partnerships with UK and France under new maritime security planMinister for Defence Helen McEntee expected to unveil new plan on WednesdayMon Feb 23 2026 - 06:00
Imminent Naval Service renewal agenda to shape directionRole evolving quickly while Coalition seeks to resolve recruitment and retention crisisMon Feb 23 2026 - 06:00
No Government department or agency has agreed to run public alert system for floodsNew warning system expected next year, but no agreement on responsibility Sat Feb 21 2026 - 06:00
Trump orders new global tariff, amid fears Ireland’s pharma sector could be in firing lineAny pivot in the US president’s tariff focus could have serious implications for IrelandFri Feb 20 2026 - 20:01
Unsigned allegations about fisheries agency referred to gardaí by TDsLetter purported to be written by someone close to the board of troubled State agencyFri Feb 20 2026 - 06:20
Cost of housing people fleeing Ukraine war reduces by more than halfPublic Accounts Committee to hear funding of over €600m allocated in 2026 compared with about €1.4bn in 2024Thu Feb 19 2026 - 06:00
Harris sketches out incentivised savings scheme to help ‘middle classes’No special savings incentive account, but Minister for Finance says the middle class should make moneyMon Feb 16 2026 - 06:00
24% rise in Dublin housing units built or under construction Planning approval in place across four local authority areas for more than 80,000 residential unitsMon Feb 16 2026 - 06:00
Ireland should avail of EU loans for defence if scheme reopens, says Harris State not ‘immune from the big threats’, says Tánaiste Mon Feb 16 2026 - 06:00
Additional payments of €60m deemed due to Bam as part of children’s hospital projectFurther €145m in dispute and subject to appeals in High Court, Dáil Public Accounts Committee hearsSat Feb 14 2026 - 11:00
Flood defence funding may have to be cut to pay for children’s science centre, OPW warns Building for national facility, which could cost up to €70m, must be provided by end of 2029 under arbitrator’s findingFri Feb 13 2026 - 06:00
Group behind planned children’s science centre says it would raise €25m for fit-outReport last year suggested it could cost €70m to develop the long-planned facility beside Dublin’s National Concert Hall Thu Feb 12 2026 - 06:00
Search for new Department of Health chief begins as Robert Watt’s term set to expireSuccessor will earn lower salary than higher rate granted to Covid-era appointmentWed Feb 11 2026 - 21:28
New laws will spell out necessity for health providers to share data with HSEMinister for Health tells Seanad of ‘frustration’ at some voluntary hospitals and ‘poor culture’ of sharing Wed Feb 11 2026 - 06:00
