Catherine Murphy

Catherine Murphy and Róisín Shortall, two of the founders of the Social Democrats, take a bow as the third founder hides in plain sight

Departures unlikely to signal any major policy change in the party given they both stepped down as co-leaders last year

TDs announce they will not stand for re-election, saying it is ‘time for a new generation to take over’

Winner to face challenge of rebounding from the party’s poor results in the local and European elections

Figures emerge as Passport Service faces peak demand for renewals and new applications, while concerns over ‘bad actors’ also raised

Fergus Finlay, an adviser to former Labour leader Dick Spring, said he was surprised at the ‘animosity’ to the idea of merging from the Social Democrats

Some in Government cautious about whether a charge would encourage people to leave or embed them further in State accommodation

Considerable anger on Public Accounts Committee over State body’s failure to appear

Director general dubs amendments "insufficient and unworkable"

Enfer Laboratories received more than €70,000 in prompt payment interest in 2021, official figures show

Health authority confirms 17 people received exit packages in the years 2019 to 2024 inclusive, with amount aggregated

Garda Commissioner told the Public Accounts Committee he did not agree that the investigation lacked a common-sense approach

Trade unions negotiated deal in relation to personnel who worked in power plants that were closing or being downsized

Details of the cost of the agreement with unnamed staff member are included in National Gallery’s annual report

There was no voluntary or severance agreement involving any member of senior management in recent years, says rail operator

Details of these and other payments set out by Department of Transport in answer to series of parliamentary questions

Two directors of one company running emergency accommodation for children in care shared €866,000 in remuneration

Recent polls are promising but the party has big decisions to make on three key questions

Cost of building the hospital has increased by €512 million, to €2.24 billion, Stephen Donnelly tells Cabinet colleagues

RTÉ offer of a detailed summary of meeting note labelled ‘not acceptable’ and ‘a day late and and dollar short’

Construction firm BAM will need ‘significant improvement’ to meet October 2024 completion date, while final bill could exceed €2bn

Complete sale of Montrose campus ‘unlikely’, RTÉ's director general tells Public Accounts Committee

By law, a specimen of blood in hospital should be taken from a driver following a serious road traffic collision

Road safety group expresses alarm at increase given use for penalty point offences specifically barred under 2010 Act

Disemvoweling corporate names, Simon Coveney and data centres, Finian O’Sullivan’s unusual sale tactics, and Paddy McKillen’s interest in Maybourne’s top 50 hotels

OPW intends to preserve all trees on the Leinster House campus ‘for as long as possible’

Taoiseach accused of adopting a ‘let-them-eat-cake’ approach to childcare providers who warn they may have to close due to inadequate funding, excessive regulation and heavy-handed bureaucracy

Eleven loans backed by Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland under scrutiny

TD Paul McAuliffe says Public Accounts Committee eager to ‘wrap this up’ and move on from payment issues

The ill-fated theatrical production staged in the National Convention Centre - not a typical theatre venue - lost more than €2 million as the producers fell well short of their targets

Committee hearings into RTÉ payments controversy provided stark contrast between top performers and those who scaled soaring heights of incoherence

RTÉ, led by new director general Kevin Bakhurst, and its top star saw battle lines drawn this week as their differences over Ryan Tubridy's hidden payments were exposed in three more stormy Oireachtas committee hearings

Presenter’s contract and all transactions from the RTÉ barter account for 20 years are being sought by Oireachtas committee

What has been revealed in relation to RTÉ over recent days ‘would shame the most extravagant of Celtic Tiger era excesses’, says Sinn Féin TD

Departments asked whether they had seconded staff from PwC over past decade and whether they tapped firm for services or consultancy

Mr Justice Brian Cregan calls for permanent commission of investigation led by retired judge

Three Ireland paid more than €8m for mast usage

Review may favour reform of non-jury court rather than abolition

The local authority homes will be retrofitted but it’s hoped privately-owned properties in the same estate will benefit

Road safety group Parc seeking changes to ‘ridiculous’ system of posting licences to Cork