Labour says budget was ‘all glitter and full of shiny gimmicks’; Minister for Justice Helen McEntee has said she ‘wants to see a full restoration’ of barristers fees
The final cost of living package will now come in at just shy of €2 billion, well in excess of the €1.5bn expected
When under attack for the Children’s Hospital fiasco, Paschal Donohoe takes flak for Simon Harris - who is in New York - and pulls the word ‘learnings’ from the first aid box
Dublin City returning officer says almost full employment in Ireland means recruitment is ‘becoming more challenging’
The worst of all worlds would be a Department of Infrastructure which takes years to assemble but is several pistons short of being a full engine
Department of Enterprise and Employment and Department of Public Expenditure and Reform urged to re-engage in dispute over adjudicating officers
Reassignment of former CHI chief Eilísh Hardiman to new position as strategic programme director in April followed ‘mediation process’, documents indicate
New legislation on retirement age for uniformed State employees to be commenced on Monday by Minister for Public Expenditure Paschal Donohoe
Department of Public Expenditure noted efforts to recruit project director at lower salary failed to yield candidate of sufficient calibre to manage likely ‘largest-ever public investment project in the history of the State’
It’s understood that the Coalition is to examine improvements to the existing collection system to deliver an increased level of funding being gathered
Finishing touches to agreement in process of being nailed down by Department of Public Expenditure and Department of Arts and Media
Rachel Kenny got severance after it was found she had ‘no case to answer’ in relation to conflict of interest claims
High profile semi States including ESB, DAA, VHI and Bord na Móna have called for greater flexibility on pay to retain talent
Paper published by Department of Public Expenditure says subsidies of up to €100,000 available, and says further consideration needed on how better to target supports so State funds are maximised
Report by Department of Public Expenditure says under strategic housing development initiative judicial review process may have been acting as ‘pseudo-appeals mechanism’
Tusla’s chief executive gave evidence in High Court in reviews of cases of five children who cannot get into special care because of shortage of places
Minister for Finance spends as much time on the sidelines as he can watching his children’s sporting exploits
Prof Kerstin Mey not leaving university but changing to senior academic role
The State risks losing out as a bidding war breaks out for major projects between the big countries, including huge subsidies for US companies to encourage them to invest at home
Department of Public Expenditure says it is ‘actively engaging with stakeholders to develop more streamlined process’ for those retiring under pension changes introduced in 1995
Department of Health told it was ‘imperative’ spending remained within allocation – but there was little surprise when it didn’t
New enterprise support package expected to be approved by Cabinet on Tuesday
Coalition of representative bodies seeks Government to re-introduce supplementary pension to bridge gap until State pension age
HSE officers issues letter saying price increases hitting funds needed for patient care ‘in a growing challenging environment’
Current targets are based on published population projections from the 2016 census. Unfortunately, those projections are a serious underestimate
Newly-released files reveal disagreement behind the scenes over package to Dean Sullivan
Ministers and office of Taoiseach became involved in issue surrounding departure of ex-deputy director general, files show
Health service argues there has been a further increase in demand for hospital services while measures to tackle expenditure are under way
Most of the top mandarins running Government departments were educated in public schools, with some attending college at night or later in their career
Ballots at State’s biggest unions record margins of more than 90 per cent in favour
Most advisers aren’t on highest levels of Civil Service pay and they have none of the job stability of a civil servant
Paschal Donohoe’s department says spending bids ‘exceed’ funding
Survey by the Institute of Directors Ireland comes as fallout from RTÉ's payments controversy continues to play out
Dean Sullivan’s redundancy payment in line with Government policy, according to Paschal Donohoe
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