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MetroLink: The decades-long journey towards Ireland’s first underground rail service
Previous efforts for the infrastructure project have stalled, including after the financial crisis
Hospitals say insufficient funding is affecting patient services
Irish Voluntary Healthcare Association says its members are worried about financial sustainability
MetroLink could cost up to €19bn, say senior Coalition figures
Cabinet set to consider plans in autumn to put out to tender the proposed 19km Dublin rail link from Swords to Charlemont
HSE under pressure over health agency staff as Opposition claims spending is rising
Health service spent more than €900 million on personnel recruited through external agencies last year
Emergency infrastructure laws ‘may be at extremity’ of what is constitutionally permitted
Minister for Public Expenditure says aspects of Climate Act weaponised by those who want to stop projects
Property-based tax measures could cost close to €1.4bn this year, tax papers show
Reduction in VAT on apartments to cost nearly €400m
Spending above €10,000 in health service now requires top-level approval
Payment orders for non-clinical items above specific figure countrywide must be signed off by HSE chief executive in Dublin
HSE decision ‘could add 4,000 patients per month’ to waiting lists
Initiative aimed at improving access to healthcare ended last month
Insourcing curbs were always going to affect patients, but HSE region’s warnings were stark
Insourcing drove down waiting lists but came at a high cost, along with concerns over governance and ‘perverse incentives’
State fisheries agency spent €16,000 on legal fees before Oireachtas appearance
Inland Fisheries Ireland also paid more than €50,000 to a PR company ahead of the same event
Pressure over Government spending cuts likely to fuel tensions at Cabinet
Black hole in Department of Education funding has led to €446m levy
Some rail services will be ‘rephased or reprioritised’ due to €50m IT project write down
New train traffic management system will need to be put in place, says Irish Rail, without providing estimated cost
One consultant doctor working for HSE earned more than €900,000 last year, report shows
Annual document says 11 employees, all of whom are consultants, were paid in excess of €500,000 each in 2025
Spending on rail expansion plans could be hit by costs of failed €50m IT project
NTA accepts move by Irish Rail to terminate contract with IT contractor Indra but warns of ‘significant financial consequences’
Failed €50m rail IT system: contractor says scope of project was ‘not sufficiently specified’
NTA privately warns Irish Rail of ‘significant financial consequences’ arising from move to fire IT company Indra
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