Health service plans to save €630m: More weekend work, ‘virtual wards’, cutting medical supply and travel costsHealth workforce should be maximised by rostering personnel across five in any seven days a week, Cabinet also to be toldMon Mar 31 2025 - 23:59
State’s overseas aid sector faces ‘existential crisis’ over international funding cuts, Minister saysAgencies urged to be flexible to ‘ensure as much as their vital work continues’ after Goal job losses confirmedMon Mar 31 2025 - 06:00
Who got what in the deal between unions and HSE that averted Monday’s strike?Analysis: Patients will be the real winners says HSE chief as threat to service disruption this week is liftedSun Mar 30 2025 - 19:32
Aid agency Goal to lay off 30% of staff due to funding cutsMore than 900 personnel worldwide and 28 in Ireland are set to lose their jobs as global aid cuts biteSat Mar 29 2025 - 06:00
Former taoisigh among steady stream of politicians turning to lucrative career in PR-lobbying firmsOfficial rules restrict activities of former politicians seeking to influence those still serving but fees for consultancy can be lucrative Wed Mar 26 2025 - 06:00
Auditors uncover hundreds of cases of overpayment in HSE worth more than €5 millionHSE says it works to minimise any overpayments in an overall average payroll bill of about €7.5 billionTue Mar 25 2025 - 00:01
‘Not viable’ for Government to provide funds to replace US aid programme cuts, says MinisterRichmond says there will be no reduction in Ireland’s expenditure on overseas aidFri Mar 21 2025 - 06:00
HSE proposes talks with union chiefs in bid to avert healthcare work-to-ruleHealth Service Executive boss Bernard Gloster prepared to meet directly with general secretaries Fri Mar 21 2025 - 06:00
Social Protection officials may be allowed to sit in on Garda interviews in welfare fraud investigationsDara Calleary looking at legislation on this issue on foot of recommendations of review group on economic crimeThu Mar 20 2025 - 12:46
St Vincent’s Healthcare Group facing €12.8m deficit for last yearGroup that runs St Vincent’s University Hospital and St Michael’s in Dun Laoghaire wants more support from community services to facilitate dischargesTue Mar 18 2025 - 06:00
Harris denies Government’s ‘non-lethal aid’ policy for Ukraine is being stretched As Kyiv seeks funding for radar, electronic warfare systems and unarmed drones, Tánaiste says Ireland wants to do more to help Ukraine and solidarity has to be about actions and not just wordsMon Mar 17 2025 - 18:27
From ready meals to air defence radar: How Irish aid to Ukraine has evolved Government policy is that only non-lethal aid is provided, but the type of assistance has changed since the war beganMon Mar 17 2025 - 06:00
Ukraine wants to use Irish aid for radar, drones and armoured vehicles Ministers told the non-lethal items to be funded would be determined in consultation with Ukraine Mon Mar 17 2025 - 06:00
More than 15,000 international protection appeals could be lodged this year, Minister told Department of Justice to face challenges getting personnel to operate the appeal systemFri Mar 14 2025 - 18:07
Agri-Food Regulator board frustrated at delays in granting new powersRegulator wants authority to force businesses to provide price and market information for reporting purposesSat Mar 01 2025 - 06:00
National broadband plan to require additional €80m Minister told about gigabit ‘urban blackspots' and potentially uneconomic locations Fri Feb 28 2025 - 06:00
Michael Healy-Rae tops list of TDs who own land, adding 42-acre forest to portfolioOne–third of Dáil TDs own land or properties, according to latest Register of Members’ Interests Fri Feb 28 2025 - 06:00
Department of Arts alerted to problems with idle €125,000 scanner in 2021X-ray scanner affair shows ‘really, really poor project management’, according to Patrick O’DonovanWed Feb 26 2025 - 13:49
HSE to clamp down on staff travel and to send fewer letters as part of new savings driveChief executive Bernard Gloster says health service spends €29.8million on postal costs and must move towards communication by text and emailWed Feb 26 2025 - 06:00
Drug companies and Minister agree medicines need to be available to patients more quickly Minister queries why barely half of key drugs are being submitted for approval in Ireland Wed Feb 26 2025 - 05:00
Irish electricity prices, already Europe’s highest, may rise further due to ‘required investment’Officials also warn ageing population poses long-term risk to Government spending sustainabilityMon Feb 24 2025 - 19:24
State’s housing investment ‘not sustainable’ as homebuilding grows, officials warnedRelying on exchequer grants to deliver climate and energy targets not sustainable in long term, department saidMon Feb 24 2025 - 18:57
Rents continue to rise as availability of properties worsens again, Daft says Open-market rents across the country are now 43 per cent higher than before the Covid-19 pandemicMon Feb 24 2025 - 07:04
800-space car park close to M1 motorway proposed to encourage bus commute into DublinInterim facility would be replaced by larger park-and-ride facility when planned MetroLink system is builtMon Feb 24 2025 - 06:00
Ireland to donate air defence systems to Ukraine as war enters fourth yearContinued support for Ukraine ‘a necessity and not a choice’, Simon Harris to tell EU foreign ministersMon Feb 24 2025 - 06:00
Use of DNA evidence for Irish passport applications is under reviewPassport Service does not routinely accept DNA evidence as proof of entitlement to Irish citizenshipMon Feb 24 2025 - 06:00
Potential extra pay for teachers who pass Irish tests Plan follows concern over limitations that result in students entering teacher-training colleges with deficient skillsSat Feb 22 2025 - 06:05
No unilateral roster changes for thousands of HSE staff, say unionsSenior Minister earlier said Government ‘expects and insists’ that HSE should work within agreementsThu Feb 20 2025 - 18:30
Tens of thousands of health staff appointed since 2008 can have rosters changed, says HSE chief HSE seeking more personnel to work over an extended day running from 8am-8pm, but unions warn against unilateral changes to working arrangementsWed Feb 19 2025 - 21:37
Social Protection rises or cost-of-living measures along lines of recent years ‘will not be needed in future’Gap between state pension and inflation has narrowed, but the purchasing power of the payment to pensioners has weakened, officials told senior politiciansWed Feb 19 2025 - 20:35
Significant incentives will be needed to encourage decarbonisation of cement sector, Ministers toldThe Department of Enterprise said in briefing material the industry accounted for about 43 per cent of Ireland’s total industry emissionsTue Feb 18 2025 - 11:59
Possible tax breaks for property development not discussed at ministerial meeting on housingGovernment preparing to agree additional €450 million in capital funding for housing sectorTue Feb 18 2025 - 06:00
Power costs putting investors off in energy-intensive sectors, Government warnedDepartment of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment officials worried that high energy costs could make Ireland less attractive for businessMon Feb 17 2025 - 16:00
Drivers caught speeding could be sent on re-education courses under new proposals Initiative could be an alternative to penalty points on driving licencesSat Feb 15 2025 - 06:00
Arts Council spent more than €9m on consultants since 2019Differences emerge between council and department over timing of warning about botched IT projectSat Feb 15 2025 - 06:00
Department of Transport strongly backs Dublin Airport expansion and easing of passenger gapTransport docsSat Feb 15 2025 - 06:00
‘A massive waste of money’: Arts Council’s scrapped €6m IT system sparks fury in CabinetMinisters criticise public spending and governance breaches and ‘massive waste of money’Thu Feb 13 2025 - 06:00
Government orders review of operations of Arts Council following €6m IT system controversy Ministers criticised handling of project by Arts Council and Department of ArtsThu Feb 13 2025 - 06:00
Civil servants’ union aims to stop department ‘solo runs’ on hybrid workingMinister says increased office attendance is needed for sufficient ‘in-person interaction with colleagues’ Wed Feb 12 2025 - 06:00
Irish aid agency Goal hit by Trump spending freeze Organisation’s annual report for 2023 describes USAid as ‘largest donor’ at €103m Sat Feb 08 2025 - 06:05
Panic in Africa and concern in Dublin after Trump takes aim at US aid agencyAccounts for Irish aid agency Goal show it received €103 million in funding from USAID in 2023Sat Feb 08 2025 - 06:00
Ireland among 79 states united in condemning Trump sanctions on International Criminal Court Taoiseach Micheál Martin urges move by US president be withdrawn Fri Feb 07 2025 - 16:49
Ireland has no specific legal obligations on Palestinian refugees, says human rights law expertIsraeli defence minister maintained displaced residents of Gaza could be resettled in IrelandFri Feb 07 2025 - 16:41
Concerns over impact of Trump cuts on Irish foreign aid effortsShutting down USAID could affect Irish programmes in AfricaTue Feb 04 2025 - 06:00
Beaumont Hospital warns of risk to services from ageing computer system Hospital in race to complete replacement of core information system before becoming inoperable by DecemberMon Feb 03 2025 - 06:00
Siptu cites ‘noise’ in third-level education sector about changes to remote working arrangements Staff set to resist strongly any such moves, says unionSun Feb 02 2025 - 19:00
Civil servants to keep existing remote working arrangements pending talks process with unionsTaoiseach says there is a ‘balance to be struck’ on office attendance in Civil ServiceFri Jan 31 2025 - 17:11
Ireland joins global row-back on working-from-home arrangementsThe last government introduced legislation on remote and flexible working, but attempts are under way to get staff into the officeFri Jan 31 2025 - 06:00
Civil servants told to spend more time in office as working from home scaled backDepartment of Social Protection staff told to work up to three days weekly in office, depending on grade Fri Jan 31 2025 - 06:00
Leo Varadkar appointed to new role in Harvard in the United StatesFormer Taoiseach will be involved in guest lecturing, student mentorship and discussions focused on public leadership in new roleFri Jan 24 2025 - 15:05
