Martin Wall

Martin Wall

Public Policy Correspondent

Martin Wall is Public Policy Correspondent of The Irish Times. He is the former Washington Correspondent and Industry Correspondent and has written and broadcast extensively on industrial relations, particularly public-service reform. He has also extensively covered developments in the health service over the past 25 years.

Almost 300 asylum seekers claiming to be children were adults, Oireachtas committee told

Tusla says age assessment of unaccompanied minors has been an issue of significant risk in recent years

Trump continues to make threats as Iran reviews US proposal to end war

US president threatens to renew strikes as Iranian official dismisses proposals as ‘list of American wishes’

About 1.6m barrels from State oil reserve to be released on to market

National Oil Reserves Agency says move will leave it holding enough fuel to last 80 days rather than 90 at present

HSE to pause recruitment in some non-frontline roles due to €250m overspend

HSE chief tells senior management the organisation is ‘significantly over budget’ and the situation is ‘serious’

Children’s hospital group says it had sought €30,000 from concession holder to reduce cost of Christmas party for staff

Builder Bam expected to provide a new timeline on Friday, Pac told

Payment of €30,000 to children’s hospital group was to settle accounts, not for staff party, company says

Public Accounts Committee expected to question background to payment made to Children’s Health Ireland

Sinn Féin urges Senator accused of blackmailing former State fisheries official to assist Garda investigation

Fraud and theft allegations being investigated by Garda National Economic Crime Bureau, says Dáil Committee of Public Accounts chairman

National children’s hospital completion date will ‘continue to evolve’, says builder BAM

‘Highly selective data’ being misleadingly used about current state of project, builder says

Fisheries officer says he was sent bill for €24,000 for damages following crash in uninsured State car

WRC hears IFI officer penalised, ostracised and singled out after he made protected disclosures regarding the insurance issue

New national children’s hospital further delayed amid ventilation issue

‘Unprecedented 106,500 defects in the 5,728 rooms’ yet to be addressed by builder Bam, Pac to be told

‘Astonishing’: €1.1m in legal costs paid by OPW over unbuilt children’s science centre criticised

State agency has legal obligation to deliver a building for €70m project, but recently told Public Accounts Committee it had no funding for it

Fisheries agency threw official ‘under the bus’ after protected disclosure, WRC told

Fishery inspector says he knew letter to management on uninsured vehicles ‘would be like a nuclear bomb going off’ in the State agency

Independent review ordered into €36m railway IT system amid concerns of cost overruns

Minister for Transport Darragh O’Brien expresses ‘dissatisfaction at the rate of progress’ on project

New Irish Rail IT system is ‘a slowly developing shambles’, says Dáil committee chairman

Over €31m spent on rail traffic management system initially expected to cost €19.5m, with no delivery as yet

Three hospitals face total funding gap of more than €120m, Oireachtas committee hears

Mater hospital says it faced possible insolvency and considered cost-cutting moves including closing wards

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