RTÉ's Late Late Show and Fair City to be produced off Montrose site under new strategyGovernment agrees to release first tranche of €20 million in interim funding following reform programmeTue Jun 25 2024 - 17:41
Naval Service officer still serving despite guilty plea in violent attack on former girlfriendDavid O’Gorman was involved in a serious assault in Limerick in 2020Mon Jun 24 2024 - 06:00
Charities received more than €1m from court poor box last yearPayments are predominantly made at the discretion of District Court judges in minor, non-violent criminal cases with no custodial sentenceSun Jun 23 2024 - 14:02
High Court Sipo decision is a bad outcome for Leo Varadkar - and ethics watchdogThe former taoiseach faces more scrutiny of questionable actions when he first led the Government.Fri Jun 21 2024 - 16:29
UL president’s move to new post raises questions about property cost debacleProf Kerstin Mey not leaving university but changing to senior academic roleSat Jun 15 2024 - 06:00
University of Limerick president Kerstin Mey to resign Prof Kerstin Mey will take up a professorship role within the universityFri Jun 14 2024 - 14:00
European elections: Green MEP’s hopes fade as party rounds on Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil Deputy leader warns Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael that the climate crisis ‘is way too important to toy around with’ during electionsThu Jun 13 2024 - 06:00
Body recovered in search for sailor missing off Connemara coastCoastguard, RNLI lifeboats and Gardaí had been searching for yachtsman Conor McLoughlin since he was reported missing on Thursday eveningSat Jun 08 2024 - 14:05
Referendums risked ‘legal uncertainty’ for migration rules, officials warned before O’Gorman’s reassurancesGovernment repeatedly claimed referendums had no immigration implicationsThu Jun 06 2024 - 06:00
Law change aims to make ‘go-away money’ claims go away after recent scandalsMany objectors aren’t ‘new to the game’, developers sayFri May 31 2024 - 06:00
TikTok video revealing access to medical records spurs inquiry into HSE data breachesIncident in Dublin was livestreamed online, while Letterkenny incident involved TikTok video showing people going through boxes of historical medical filesWed May 29 2024 - 06:00
Demands for ‘go away’ money for not objecting to property developments to become a crime Amendments to law part of sweeping overhaul of planning legislationTue May 28 2024 - 06:00
Gardaí conducting checks along Border send 50 people without identity documents back to UKGovernment moving to ‘more much sustainable model’ of migration, Taoiseach saysSun May 26 2024 - 18:19
Exodus of 2FM presenters not linked to transparency rules, says RTÉLaura Fox named as Jennifer Zamparelli’s replacement as 2FM boss says it is ‘nuts’ to say station’s future is under threatFri May 24 2024 - 21:30
Revenue officials warned privately that family referendum could force tax changesOfficials warned of ‘consequential legislative change’ that could be needed if definitions were left to courtsTue May 21 2024 - 06:00
Former IPAV president resolves case with instituteGerry Coffey resolves case on confidential termsMon May 20 2024 - 17:01
Data centre electricity restrictions driving investment to other countries, says industry groupGovernment policies and curbs on electricity grid access creating continued uncertainty, say data centre operatorsFri May 17 2024 - 06:00
Michael Lowry accountant criticised by Moriarty tribunal gets €371,000 in legal costsPayment to Denis O’Connor comes 27 years after the inquiry was establishedMon May 13 2024 - 17:39
Relief on interest and penalties on €1m tax bill sought by University of LimerickPwC did not correct ‘incomplete’ advice when UL clarified a question on stamp duty, report findsMon May 13 2024 - 00:00
University of Limerick student housing scheme went ahead despite concerns, PAC hearsDáil committee told that ‘key information’ was not available before deal exceeding €11m was approved in 2022Wed May 08 2024 - 19:29
Confidential report shows University of Limerick paid €1m more than price agreed for accommodationAlthough UL’s governing authority agreed to pay €10.9m, the price rose by €1.08m in the final contract signed only nine days laterWed May 08 2024 - 06:00
University of Limerick in line for bruising encounter over student housing projectUL spent more than €11m on student homes 3km from campus but university president has acknowledged institution ‘paid significantly above market price’Wed May 08 2024 - 06:00
RTÉ controversies: New report finds multiple ‘compliance failings’ at broadcaster Prof Niamh Brennan’s long-awaited report on RTÉ is said to have exercised ‘restraint’ on question of apportioning blame on individualsWed May 01 2024 - 05:00
Dublin Airport seeks planning exemptions to bypass council controlsSuch demands come as Fingal County Council separately considers the DAA’s €1.5 billion plan to bring Dublin Airport’s annual capacity to 40 million passengersTue Apr 30 2024 - 06:00
Catherine Martin to bring RTÉ funding plans to Cabinet ‘soon’, as final reports into governance scandal submittedMinister for Media says the reports on corporate governance, contractors and operation of barter account are ‘very, very dense’ and will take a number of days to go throughMon Apr 29 2024 - 13:25
Concerns for years in Department of Justice over immigrant investor programmeConcern about the escalating level of applications from China was a key driver of the decision to close ‘golden visas’ scheme for millionaire immigrantsFri Apr 26 2024 - 06:00
Audit raised concerns about €1.25bn ‘golden visa’ scheme for millionaire immigrantsDepartment of Justice has released key details in an audit report that called for stronger controls years before scheme was scrappedFri Apr 26 2024 - 06:00
Senior Indian politician calls for Dublin ambassador to be sacked over Irish Times letterDisputed letter challenged election editorial on populist prime minister Narendra Modi which criticised crackdown on free speech and opposition partiesFri Apr 19 2024 - 19:59
EirGrid to provide national grid connection for proposed data centre in WicklowDeal comes amid tension in energy sector over regulatory constraints on data centres, which consume huge amounts of electricityFri Apr 19 2024 - 06:00
Ex-EirGrid chief faces court action over ‘driving under influence of intoxicant’Mark Foley, who stepped down on Monday, is due before the District Court in OctoberThu Apr 18 2024 - 06:00
Barrister investigating An Bord Pleanála asks witnesses to destroy copies of draft reportRedacted versions of report on planning body circulated to several individuals last month seen by some recipients as data breachWed Apr 17 2024 - 06:00
Donohoe warned against stronger care referendum wording regarding spending riskOfficials in Minister for Public Expenditure’s office cautioned colleagues in Minister for Equality Roderic O’Gorman’s department on State’s ‘mandatory obligation’Fri Apr 05 2024 - 06:00
Biden official claims Ireland changed alcohol labelling rules after US pressureObjections at World Trade Organisation committee led Ireland to change how measure are applied, US trade representative said in reportWed Apr 03 2024 - 06:00
Costly UL houses ‘unauthorised’ for students, Limerick planners sayO’Donoghue report for UL’s governing authority criticises problems with planning status of homes at Rhebogue, 3km from campus, which the university acquired for student housing in 2022Sat Mar 30 2024 - 06:00
UL president takes sick leave as governing authority met to discuss report on €5.2m housing overpaymentHigher Education Authority has asked for a third review of the deal and UL’s ‘general culture and governance’ as deputy president Shane Kilcommins temporarily takes over running of institutionThu Mar 28 2024 - 22:06
University of Limerick faces threat to funding after botched housing projectUL president Prof Kerstin Mey asked to consider position after project that overpaid €5.2 million for 20 homesWed Mar 27 2024 - 06:00
Why University of Limerick could face intervention by education authorityOverspending of more than €8 million raises question about internal controlsWed Mar 27 2024 - 06:00
University of Limerick overpaid €5.2m on student housing project, says presidentProf Kerstin Mey facing deepening crisis in her leadership after student housing project in which the institution overpaid €5.2 million for 20 homesMon Mar 25 2024 - 20:38
Leo Varadkar’s standing tarnished by ‘Leo the leak’ affair Varadkar said he sent a friend a contract because he wanted to reach an agreement with the National Association of General Practitioners that would be similar to a Irish Medical Organisation dealThu Mar 21 2024 - 07:00
Papers reveal deep anxiety in Government over wording of amendmentsFiles show officials battled over legal and financial risks as Coalition honed proposals to change the ConstitutionFri Mar 15 2024 - 06:00
Referendum wording chosen to ‘avoid a concrete and mandatory obligation’, files suggestDepartment of Finance records prompted No campaigner Michael McDowell to accuse the Coalition of misleading votersFri Mar 15 2024 - 05:00
Ethics watchdog had ‘no role’ to query State-funded NGO referendum spendingLack of independent scrutiny raises questions about spending of public money in family and care referendumsThu Mar 14 2024 - 06:00
Referendums’ defeat leads to divisions between Ministers over blame for failed campaign Coalition politicians turn fire on proposed hate crime law, saying new legislation should be abandonedTue Mar 12 2024 - 06:00
Corporate lawyers fret over paperwork via laws against ‘hostile actors’ acquiring Irish assetsNew domestic legislation in line with European moves against unwanted foreign takeoversSat Mar 09 2024 - 05:00
Surging business tax receipts trigger bitter Government dispute over capital spendingPaschal Donohoe’s department says spending bids ‘exceed’ fundingFri Mar 08 2024 - 06:00
Irish firms sanctioned by US treasury over commercial spywarePenalties imposed by US department of the treasury against Intellexa Ltd and its immediate parent Thalestris LtdFri Mar 08 2024 - 06:00
Siún Ní Raghallaigh challenges Minister’s version of events as new RTÉ chair appointedTerence O’Rourke set to chair board as row between predecessor and Catherine Martin deepensTue Mar 05 2024 - 06:00
AIB seeks scrapping of €500,000 pay cap as bank talks with Minister for FinanceReview likely to re-examine top pay now that State shareholding is below 40 per centTue Mar 05 2024 - 06:00
‘I cannot remain silent’: Former RTÉ chairwoman hits back at ‘hands-off’ Minister claiming ‘enforced dismissal’Siún Ní Raghallaigh says she is ‘baffled’ by Catherine Martin’s actions, saying they seem ‘designed to traduce my reputation’Mon Mar 04 2024 - 19:26
Paul Tanney – journalist with a quick wit, a sharp curiosity and an unfailing love of familyAn AppreciationSun Mar 03 2024 - 18:59
