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
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 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
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
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
Surging business tax receipts trigger bitter Government dispute over capital spendingPaschal Donohoe’s department says spending bids ‘exceed’ fundingFri Mar 08 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
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
‘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
Referendums: What will you be voting on and what are the Yes and No arguments?What are Friday's referendums in Ireland all about? With voters set to go to the polls in two referendums on March 8th, the Yes and No camps offer very different assessments of the stakes, and some questions remain unansweredSun Mar 03 2024 - 07:00
Draft findings issued in INM data breach investigationMove signals long-running investigation into Ireland’s largest news group is drawing to a closeThu Feb 29 2024 - 05:30
Dee Forbes given chance to submit written account of her role in RTÉ scandalsFormer director general has been unable to attend previous Oireachtas committee hearings due to ill healthWed Feb 28 2024 - 20:59
Catherine Martin’s media committee appearance shows confidence in RTÉ chair was lost before Prime Time interviewMartin’s net point was that the accumulation of incorrect information from the former chairwoman shook her confidenceWed Feb 28 2024 - 06:00
Questions the Oireachtas committee should ask Catherine Martin over her response to RTÉ turmoilMinister faces a grilling this evening at a special meeting of the Oireachtas media committeeTue Feb 27 2024 - 06:00
RTÉ board members ‘furious, insulted and fed up’ over forced resignation of chair Row between broadcaster’s board and Catherine Martin over exit payouts for departing executives deepening following resignation of Siún Ní RaghallaighFri Feb 23 2024 - 21:40
Stakes could hardly be higher for RTÉ as Cabinet anger runs deepSequence of exit deal for former chief financial officer produces contrasting stories and ultimate departure of chairwoman Siún Ní RaghallaighFri Feb 23 2024 - 21:02
RTÉ payments scandal: 10 days that shook the national broadcaster once againThe latest flare-up began with the revelation that former strategy director Rory Coveney received an exit payment, and culminated in the resignation of chair Siún Ní RaghallaighFri Feb 23 2024 - 19:13
Latest RTÉ turmoil raises questions for director general Kevin BakhurstCoveney severence payment flies in face of Bakhurst’s plans to revive public trustMon Feb 19 2024 - 05:00
Bakhurst called to meeting with Minister over exit payments to senior executivesRequest follows calls from Taoiseach, Tánaiste and Ministers for full transparency from broadcasterSun Feb 18 2024 - 20:15
Lobbying in action: How property owners got the Government to defer the new tax on unused housing landRecords show large correspondence from representative bodies, accountancy firms and individuals objecting to proposed land taxSun Feb 18 2024 - 06:00
Kevin Bakhurst did not get exit deal in 2016, RTÉ saysBroadcaster declines to reveal other senior managers who benefited from termination payments as Minister for Media says Breda O’Keeffe has ‘moral obligation’ to pay back €450,000Sat Feb 17 2024 - 06:00
Michael McGrath backs down in row with Irish Fiscal Advisory Council over payMinister for Finance has scrapped proposals to cut the fee to be paid to the chair of the budgetary watchdogFri Feb 16 2024 - 06:00
Former president of auctioneers’ body starts WRC action after bitter row with chief executiveCo Galway auctioneer Gerry Coffey resigned last May from his role at the top of the Institute of Professional Auctioneers and ValuersFri Feb 09 2024 - 17:46
Interest on warehoused business tax eliminated, benefiting 57,000 companiesMinster for Finance removes interest charged on warehoused taxMon Feb 05 2024 - 19:21
RTÉ agreed new deal with Deloitte despite auditors finding no ‘control deficiencies’ in broadcaster three months before payments scandal brokeTwo-year agreement was reached in October as RTÉ battled crisis of public and political confidenceMon Feb 05 2024 - 06:00
Cracks emerging in Government over future of Dublin Airport Senior Green allies of Minister for Transport Eamon Ryan object to rising capacity at State’s main aviation hubFri Feb 02 2024 - 06:00
RTÉ takes legal action over climate reporting Broadcaster moves to maintain journalistic confidentiality regarding records on global warming coverageThu Feb 01 2024 - 06:00
Immigration Q&A: What are ‘safe countries’ and how many asylum applications are in train?Designation of a state as ‘safe’ means asylum applications are then processed with greater speedWed Jan 31 2024 - 19:00
Monthly broadband charge instead of TV licence fee ‘not really a runner’, says Government sourceIssue of how to fund RTÉ emerging as potential fault line in CoalitionSun Jan 21 2024 - 14:34
RTÉ braces itself for results of investigations into Toy Show the Musical and staff exits The latest reports on the national broadcaster are expected to be published this weekSun Jan 21 2024 - 07:00
Google begins High Court case against Irish data regulatorHelen Dixon faces legal challenge over privacy investigation into the multinational technical firmFri Jan 19 2024 - 18:37
Reddit takes legal action against Coimisiún na Meán over new online measuresReddit takes judicial review over designation as ‘video-sharing platform’ for regulation purposesTue Jan 16 2024 - 19:30
Minister of State Jack Chambers announces he is gay Fianna Fáil TD says support from family and friends has encouraged him to share the newsSun Jan 14 2024 - 15:49
Michael McGrath faces renewed demands to scrap pay cap at AIBThe Government resumes efforts this week to sell down its remaining 40.8 per cent stake in the bank to private shareholdersThu Jan 11 2024 - 06:00
Government drops plans to house migrant men in favour of families at Carlow premisesThe Department of Integration said that the former Capuchin friary in Carlow was ‘one of a number of premises that will change use’Wed Jan 10 2024 - 20:39
Covid: HSE reports highest number of cases since last wave in August A total of 1,200 cases of COVID-19 were recorded and 459 people were hospitalised with Covid during the first week of JanuaryWed Jan 10 2024 - 18:13
State nears deal for Conor Pass in Co KerryThe parties are working on the basis the property will be taken into ownership of the National Parks and Wildlife Service to be developed and managed for tourismMon Jan 08 2024 - 07:00
After years of tumult, An Bord Pleanála battles the legacy of crisisThe planning board, a State body that is critical to addressing housing shortages, faces a tough 2024 as the planning system remains beset with delaysThu Dec 28 2023 - 07:00
Mother and baby home redress scheme: The effort to get church bodies to contribute To date only one of seven Catholic orders involved in negotiations – the Bon Secours sisters – has stated publicly that it will contribute to the redress scheme for survivorsWed Dec 27 2023 - 06:00
