Peter McVerry Trust chief executive resigns, criticising ‘long-standing governance failings’Homelessness charity's chief executive stated board had made his position ‘untenable’Wed Oct 11 2023 - 15:15
Dog dirt the biggest contributor to poor quality Dublin bathing water New report warns of ‘significant’ impact of dog foul on beaches washed into the seaWed Oct 11 2023 - 06:00
As it happened: Budget 2024 brings mortgage relief and USC cutsSinn Féin says Coalition produced ‘budget for landlords’ while teaching bodies say it will not address recruitment and retention challengesTue Oct 10 2023 - 21:33
Taxation of sports facility project funds to be reviewed to boost amenitiesBudget 2024 includes extra funding to improve female participation in sportsTue Oct 10 2023 - 21:01
Budget criticised as ‘non-event’ for farmers, with €113m in extra funding for green farming schemesBudget 2024: Relief on stamp duty on transfers of farmland within a family, from 7.5% down to 1%, extended until the end of 2028Tue Oct 10 2023 - 16:39
‘Palestinians believed no one is caring,’ says ambassador to Ireland after Hamas attacksPalestine's head of mission refuses to be drawn on whether she condemns attacks, saying Israeli actions were ‘direct’ cause of Hamas killingsMon Oct 09 2023 - 13:22
Staff ‘walking out’ of HSE over clinical governance concerns in child disability sectorRepresentative bodies for healthcare professionals say restructuring means staff no longer necessarily had managers from the same disciplineMon Oct 09 2023 - 07:16
Regulator warned GPs over Ozempic advertising breachesCorrespondence between health officials details 'high level of concern' about obesity drug shortagesMon Oct 09 2023 - 05:00
Government concern over ‘formalised’ emergency Tusla accommodationDepartment briefing warned emergency arrangements for children in care may be inadequateMon Oct 09 2023 - 03:00
Financial crisis hits homeless charity Peter McVerry Trust after years of growthFears that the Dublin charity could collapse follows more than a decade of rapid expansion responding to homelessness crisisSat Oct 07 2023 - 07:30
Women’s Aid disputes auditor’s view it should have run €351 spent on staff gathering past funder TuslaCharity pushes back over ‘unreasonable’ recommendation in audit by Tusla, which gave it €870,000 last yearFri Oct 06 2023 - 19:54
Hiqa refers concerns over nursing home group to GardaRegulator reported inappropriate use of residents’ money by Aperee nursing home group to gardaíFri Oct 06 2023 - 15:45
Investigation into fatal workplace accident in ClondalkinPlumber (50s) died following possible electrocution during work on Dublin premisesFri Oct 06 2023 - 14:58
Catholic Church commissions review of child-protection structuresIndependent review to draw on survivors experiences reporting abuse in last 20 yearsFri Oct 06 2023 - 00:01
Keir Starmer plays down possibility of united Ireland referendum if elected prime ministerUK Labour leader says Irish unity vote ‘not even on the horizon’ and ‘absolutely hypothetical’Thu Oct 05 2023 - 19:58
More than 200 complaints made about property agents last yearDrop in number of complaints about property agents made to regulatorThu Oct 05 2023 - 19:11
Man (40s) killed in Co Tipperary crash involving van and carTwo vehicles collided on N24 near Kilsheelan at about 1.20pm on Thursday afternoonThu Oct 05 2023 - 18:18
Woman killed in suspected hit and run in north DublinFemale pedestrian (60s) knocked down in Phibsborough on Wednesday eveningThu Oct 05 2023 - 00:06
Máiría Cahill says politics trumped morals in her caseIRA abuse survivor critical of people putting ‘their politics above their morals’ in response to her caseWed Oct 04 2023 - 20:22
Hospitals warn of ‘exceedingly difficult’ financial positionVoluntary hospitals tell HSE they are set to run a financial deficit of €327 million this yearMon Oct 02 2023 - 00:01
Gardaí send 13 files to DPP after 130 ‘contacts’ over Spiritan sexual abuse Complainants prompted to come forward after revelations last year of child abuse in Blackrock College and its junior school, Willow ParkSun Oct 01 2023 - 12:08
Gymnast medal controversy: International attention focuses on Ireland A botched children’s medal ceremony lead to a messy series of events involving various organisations: Gymnastics Ireland; Sport Ireland; Sports Against Racism in IrelandSat Sept 30 2023 - 06:00
Housing Agency scheme has made ‘little to no progress’ in developing half of the sites in portfolio, audit findsReport says ‘no viable development options have yet been identified’ for 39 of the 73 sites earmarked for housingFri Sept 29 2023 - 19:17
Bono says united Ireland would be ‘wonderful’ but two states still at ‘dating stage’U2 guitarist The Edge said change could not be imposed on North and supported John Hume community focusFri Sept 29 2023 - 14:18
Group chief of Aperee Living nursing homes resigned over ‘financial integrity’ concerns Chief executive resigned within months over concerns about Aperee nursing home group companiesFri Sept 29 2023 - 06:00
Peter McVerry Trust repaying €8.3m in taxes after availing of Covid-era schemeInspectors were appointed to charity over financial concerns this week, after trust disclosed cash flow problemsWed Sept 27 2023 - 18:34
Drug ship seized off Cork with €157m of cocaine was ‘largest in the history of the State’, briefing toldShipment would not have come on route ‘without an Irish organised criminal group being involved’ in the operationWed Sept 27 2023 - 14:06
Regulator appoints inspectors to investigate Peter McVerry TrustHousing body regulator orders statutory investigation of homeless charity over finance concernsTue Sept 26 2023 - 16:12
Gymnast medal controversy: Mother of girl (11) calls for anti-racism training for all sports officialsIncident saw a judge hand out medals to a line of young gymnasts but leave the only black competitor without a medalTue Sept 26 2023 - 12:56
Serious concern over management of Aperee nursing home residents’ moneyInspection finds residents’ funds inappropriately used to cover running costs of nursing homeMon Sept 25 2023 - 12:08
Prisoners sleeping on matresses ‘wedged next to lavatories’ due to overcrowdingInspector criticises ‘degrading’ conditions in prisons in correspondence to GovernmentMon Sept 25 2023 - 06:00
Zelenskiy holds ‘unscheduled’ meeting with Sudan army chief at Shannon AirportUkrainian president discusses Russian activity with Gen Abdel Fattah al-BurhanSat Sept 23 2023 - 18:10
More than one million workers paying higher rate of income taxFine Gael and Fianna Fáil politicians pushing for increases in tax bands and USC cuts in Budget 2024Sat Sept 23 2023 - 12:57
Former employee sues State-funded equestrian body over alleged bullyingHorse Sport Ireland last year saw entire board step down over major falloutSat Sept 23 2023 - 06:00
HSE to investigate records of other residents in nursing home where staff member raped woman Wider review of residents’ records over 16 years likely to find further incidents of ‘possible harm’Fri Sept 22 2023 - 17:50
‘He was my rock’: Brother who detailed child abuse in Blackrock Boys documentary diesRTÉ Radio documentary led to wave of revelations about abuse in fee-paying schoolsFri Sept 22 2023 - 17:05
No confidence in St John Ambulance child safety until safeguarding officer in place, says O’Gorman Oireachtas committee told Tusla has referred 27 cases of suspected child exploitation to gardaí so far this yearWed Sept 20 2023 - 21:04
Tusla reviewing management and reporting of child exploitation concernsState child protection agency examining ‘increased risk’ to children and teenagers in its careWed Sept 20 2023 - 06:00
Shared equity housing scheme to be extended to self-buildsScheme to help first-time buyers expanded to cover those building homes on their landTue Sept 19 2023 - 00:01
Bord na Móna paying tax bill for chief’s €127,000 electric BMW ‘is unacceptable’Semi-states should cap car purchase at €60,000, Fine Gael TD Fergus O’Dowd saysMon Sept 18 2023 - 18:30
Patrick Kielty’s first Late Late Show nets 830,000 viewers - a 22% jump on Ryan Tubridy’s last outingPresenter says murdered father was at ‘forefront of mind’ as he made debut hosting flagship RTÉ show, which hit peak viewership of 934,000 at one pointMon Sept 18 2023 - 17:26
Nearly 4,000 cases of suspected child abuse referred to gardaí by TuslaFigures show social workers sent more than 700 cases of suspected abuse to the Garda in one monthSat Sept 09 2023 - 05:00
State’s four emergency helicopter bases to shut temporarily today‘Safety stand down’ due to elevated levels of stress among staff over future employment, CHC Ireland saysFri Sept 08 2023 - 10:02
Pharma giant behind Ozempic paid doctors thousands in speaking fees and expensesNovo Nordisk profits surging due to huge demand for obesity drugs Ozempic and WegovyFri Sept 08 2023 - 05:00
Temperatures to hit 28 degrees as hot weather warning for Ireland is in placeHouseholds asked to conserve water as Met Éireann says hot, sunny weather to continue for most places into the weekendThu Sept 07 2023 - 16:02
Man (79) injured in aggravated burglary in AthloneGardaí investigate burglary and assault in which an estimated €200 in cash was takenMon Sept 04 2023 - 22:45
Burning Man: ‘We’re Irish, we’re used to a festival wash-out,’ says Laois man stranded with familyBrendon Deacy describes conditions of cement-like mud at festival in Nevada desertMon Sept 04 2023 - 22:04
Former head of Christian Brothers stripped of freedom of DroghedaVote followed a campaign from survivors criticising the Christian Brothers’ legal strategy in abuse casesMon Sept 04 2023 - 17:35
Plans for new ‘emerging health threats’ agency to prepare for future pandemicsA decision is needed on whether the new unit should sit within the Department of Health or HSE, or be independentMon Sept 04 2023 - 05:00
Councillors to vote on rescinding Freedom of Drogheda from Edmund GarveyMajority of councillors expected to back proposal from group of child sexual abuse survivorsSun Sept 03 2023 - 21:09
