Design process on €700,000 Mount Merrion Park steps ‘could have been improved’National Transport Authority carries out review on project that cost €500,000 more than estimateWed Feb 11 2026 - 06:00
Over 3,000 applications have been made to defective housing construction block schemeOireachtas committee hears combined total paid to five designated local authorities to date is about €264mTue Feb 10 2026 - 22:08
Chairman of Irish Rail steps down after two years in roleFormer Dublin Bus chairman Ultan Courtney to replace Steve Murphy for a one-year period while recruitment process is carried out Tue Feb 10 2026 - 15:37
New youth-focused Irish language radio service considered by GovernmentMove comes as success of Kneecap and An Cailín Ciúin have boosted the language’s popularityTue Feb 10 2026 - 06:00
Sue, sue, sue: How Big Tech is taking on the regulators X has lodged seven legal challenges against Coimisiún na Meán, while Elon Musk has separately initiated proceedingsMon Feb 09 2026 - 06:00
Trade talks and visas could be used as leverage by US in EU tech regulation rowHelen McEntee says she told Trump administration EU legislation is aimed at protecting consumersThu Feb 05 2026 - 20:45
Nearly €14m for flood warning service not spent, Dáil group hears‘Scandalous’ that cash returned to exchequer, says Public Accounts Committee chairman Thu Feb 05 2026 - 19:38
US House committee on free speech hears from Irish barrister and Fr Ted writer Graham LinehanFr Ted writer Graham Linehan also urged US to press Ireland for debate on gender recognition legislation Thu Feb 05 2026 - 06:00
Schools to tell parents how much is collected in voluntary contributions and how money is spentMinister to bring to Cabinet proposals for new statutory charter to strengthen accountability in schoolsWed Feb 04 2026 - 06:00
What’s so complex about introducing contactless payment for public transport in Ireland? It will probably be another two years before we can pay with our bank cards on buses, trains and the Luas Tue Feb 03 2026 - 12:28
New contactless payment system for public transport may cost up to €270m Project, known as next-generation ticketing for buses, trains and Luas, will not be completed until mid-2028Tue Feb 03 2026 - 08:00
Graham Linehan to speak at congressional hearing on European big tech regulation Committee to examine ‘Europe’s threat to American speech and innovation’Mon Feb 02 2026 - 09:51
More than 1,600 references to Ireland in latest Epstein files References from potential $10bn deal for AIB assets in US to someone talking about Kerrygold Irish butter being spread on muffinsSun Feb 01 2026 - 18:38
Nearly 500 directors censured over last five years, Dáil committee to be toldCorporate Enforcement Authority tells Public Accounts Committee that 362 company directors were ‘restricted’ and 120 disqualifiedThu Jan 29 2026 - 02:00
Twenty-six whistleblower disclosures made against Inland Fisheries Ireland since 2022Government commissioned seven external investigations, with two upholding all allegations and two rejecting all claimsWed Jan 28 2026 - 06:00
Trump’s Board of Peace a ‘complete oxymoron’ due to Putin presence, says HarrisSimon Harris does not see any scenario in which Ireland would join Donald Trump’s proposed Board of PeaceFri Jan 23 2026 - 17:19
St James’s Hospital apologises over unauthorised €4.7m payment for servicesChief executive Mary Day says failure to use public tender process was ‘driven by urgent patient needs’ in cancer and cardiology’Thu Jan 22 2026 - 13:41
Report on whistleblower complaint into fisheries agency sent to Garda Documents show Inland Fisheries Ireland disputed allowing an individual produce invalid insurance record to GardaThu Jan 22 2026 - 06:00
St James’s Hospital management to apologise after paying €1.4m to firm run by staff for radiology servicesManagement to apologise for securing radiology services in 2024 without following official procurement rulesWed Jan 21 2026 - 06:00
Former Inland Fisheries Ireland chief begins case at Workplace Relations CommissionFisheries agency has had troubled history in recent years with a number of reviews and investigationsWed Jan 21 2026 - 06:00
Minister’s refusal to answer questions on DAA-Kenny Jacobs backed by Dáil chairCeann Comhairle Verona Murphy says Darragh O’Brien right not to provide answers amid litigationTue Jan 20 2026 - 06:00
Derailing US-EU trade deal ‘would have significant implications’ for Ireland Department of Finance documents, published on Friday, note agreement on tariffs of critical importance to economyMon Jan 19 2026 - 06:00
Number of Irish people seeking help over US deportations quadruplesFigures show number of citizens seeking consular help in relation to deportation from US has quadrupled since 2024Mon Jan 19 2026 - 06:00
EU to consider €93bn counter tariffs at emergency Greenland summitConcern in Dublin that EU-US trade deal could unravel with serious implications for Irish economySun Jan 18 2026 - 21:46
Taxpayers’ cash ‘not a solution for every problem’, Harris told by officials Figures come from briefing material drawn up for Simon Harris on his appointment in December as Minister for Finance Fri Jan 16 2026 - 16:26
Some retired public service staff live in State-owned homes with weekly rents as low as €12OPW says some former workers remain on properties under caretaking arrangements or on compassionate groundsThu Jan 15 2026 - 21:19
‘Pity’ Deer Park works cost €753,000 but new entrance is ‘a good project’, PAC told Building of ramp and 14 steps in Dublin park cost over €500,000 more than initially proposedThu Jan 15 2026 - 19:36
Deer Park steps in south Dublin cost more than €500,000 above original estimateFourteen steps and ramp in Mount Merrion park originally estimated at €200,000, official records showThu Jan 15 2026 - 06:00
New powers for Agri-Food Regulator to come into effect at end of yearRegulator will be able to compel companies to provide price and market information, although safeguards will applyWed Jan 14 2026 - 17:33
Dáil committee has ‘significant concerns’ about fisheries agency, department toldJohn Brady says issues ongoing within IFI for number of yearsWed Jan 14 2026 - 06:00
Surge in Irish people being deported from overseas countries, Minister hearsDepartment of Foreign Affairs briefing documents also warn of mounting resistance to ‘mainstreaming gender perspectives’ Tue Jan 13 2026 - 06:00
Industrial relations agencies annoyed at being kept in dark on collective bargaining planLabour Court and Workplace Relations Commission only found out on the day of strategy’s unveilingSun Jan 11 2026 - 06:00
Next year must mark ‘reset’ of relations between State and voluntary hospitals, says MinisterPlans for new national financial information system has been a source of tensionFri Jan 02 2026 - 06:00
Varadkar’s advisers received nearly €500k in exit payments after his resignation as taoiseachEight personnel received redundancy/severance payments in 2024, figures from the Department of Taoiseach accounts showTue Dec 30 2025 - 06:00
Transport security force will fail to stop ‘epidemic of antisocial behaviour’, workers sayPlanned force described as impractical and a ‘toothless tiger’ in the makingSun Dec 28 2025 - 06:05
Women to face curbs on private maternity care access from next weekInsurers told there no further extension of transitional period for consultants who signed Sláintecare contractFri Dec 26 2025 - 06:00
New restrictions will limit options for women planning maternity care, say consultants From January, operation of public-only hospitals will take step forward with ending of transition arrangements for consultantsFri Dec 26 2025 - 06:00
DAA suspends chief executive Kenny Jacobs pending new investigation Staff members received late-night email saying CEO would be taking ‘some time out’ from State airports group Tue Dec 23 2025 - 21:45
HSE must stop assuming more resources are needed for new services – Minister for Health Jennifer Carroll MacNeill says regional inconsistencies in different services must be tackledTue Dec 23 2025 - 18:42
Civil servants say targeted bursaries for teachers must be considered to boost supplyNaughton advised of shortage of personnel with qualifications in key subjects at post-primary level Mon Dec 22 2025 - 06:00
More than 300 extra educational psychologists needed, officials tell Minister Briefing papers drafted for Hildegarde Naughton indicate at least 3,000 new specialist places required annually over next three yearsMon Dec 22 2025 - 06:00
More than 40 investigations carried out into money going missing from Garda stationsPublic Accounts Committee says it was told that €40m being stored as evidence in Garda stations across countryThu Dec 18 2025 - 13:59
New external review of fisheries agency IFI to be carried outDáil Public Accounts Committee said it had ‘seldom seen an organisation so ill prepared for an appearance’Wed Dec 17 2025 - 19:51
Nearly 100 non-urgent patients found to have cancer by service queried by spending watchdogHospital says it does not have enough core staff as it responds to controversy over €1.44m in spending to company owned by staffWed Dec 17 2025 - 11:00
Pandemic payments to health staff had weak controls and governance gaps, HSE audit findsMore than 200,000 personnel received €1,000 payment in recognition of their work during Covid-19 at cost of €211 million Wed Dec 17 2025 - 00:01
More hospital beds to be provided in midwest to tackle overcrowding, says MinisterAcute bed capacity at University Hospital Limerick‘s Dooradoyle site to be expanded and second site to be developed nearbyTue Dec 16 2025 - 19:32
Some State funded disability bodies warn over service curtailment due to auto-enrolment costs Letter from DFI and NDSA to HSE says one large employer from membership identified approximate additional costs of €1.3mTue Dec 16 2025 - 06:00
Agri-Food Regulator to get powers to compel firms to provide price and market dataRegulator had sought new legislation after some businesses failed to provide information as part of report in the supply of eggsTue Dec 16 2025 - 06:00
Anne O’Connor to be appointed as new HSE chief executiveVHI senior executive to succeed Bernard Gloster who is to retire shortlyMon Dec 15 2025 - 15:35
Donohoe vetoed proposal to borrow €100m for military equipment under EU plan Department of Defence believed there was agreement at ministerial adviser level for Ireland to seek money under EU loan schemeSat Dec 13 2025 - 07:00
