Agri-Food Regulator board frustrated at delays in granting new powers
Regulator wants authority to force businesses to provide price and market information for reporting purposes
Michael Healy-Rae tops list of TDs who own land, adding 42-acre forest to portfolio
One–third of Dáil TDs own land or properties, according to latest Register of Members’ Interests
National broadband plan to require additional €80m
Minister told about gigabit ‘urban blackspots' and potentially uneconomic locations
Department of Arts alerted to problems with idle €125,000 scanner in 2021
X-ray scanner affair shows ‘really, really poor project management’, according to Patrick O’Donovan
HSE to clamp down on staff travel and to send fewer letters as part of new savings drive
Chief executive Bernard Gloster says health service spends €29.8million on postal costs and must move towards communication by text and email
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
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 sustainability
State’s housing investment ‘not sustainable’ as homebuilding grows, officials warned
Relying on exchequer grants to deliver climate and energy targets not sustainable in long term, department said
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 pandemic
Ireland to donate air defence systems to Ukraine as war enters fourth year
Continued support for Ukraine ‘a necessity and not a choice’, Simon Harris to tell EU foreign ministers
Use of DNA evidence for Irish passport applications is under review
Passport Service does not routinely accept DNA evidence as proof of entitlement to Irish citizenship
800-space car park close to M1 motorway proposed to encourage bus commute into Dublin
Interim facility would be replaced by larger park-and-ride facility when planned MetroLink system is built
Potential extra pay for teachers who pass Irish tests
Plan follows concern over limitations that result in students entering teacher-training colleges with deficient skills
No unilateral roster changes for thousands of HSE staff, say unions
Senior Minister earlier said Government ‘expects and insists’ that HSE should work within agreements
Tens of thousands of health staff appointed since 2008 can have rosters changed, says HSE chief
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