Department of Transport ‘wants to avoid’ MetroLink costs spiralling like children’s hospital
Official says cost of project connecting city centre to airport will cost ‘well north’ of initial €9.5bn estimate
Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
Public sector unions preparing for possible industrial action ballots over pay talks
Move comes after exploratory meetings between Irish Congress of Trade Unions and Department of Public Expenditure failed to reach deal
Several candidates turned down An Coimisiún Pleanála chair role over low fee
Department of Housing sought sanction to raise €20,500 fee to €50,000 to address conflict of interest issue
‘Pennywise and billions foolish’: Infrastructure chief criticises historic State approach to big projects
Climate legislation was well-intentioned but ‘just gave rope’ to serial objectors, says Sean O’Driscoll
Public service unions urged to enter talks on new pay agreement
Existing deal, which expired on Tuesday, saw public servants receive increases of more than 10%
Former head of Coillte and Glen Dimplex Fergal Leamy to become next chief executive of An Post
Finding replacement for David McRedmond has strained relations between company and parent department
Department of Public Expenditure objected to adding 190 staff to energy and water regulator
Department warned it would create more red tape and make it even harder to deliver infrastructure
Luas Finglas line could begin construction in 2028, Minister says
Cabinet expected to consider plans to authorise the next phase of the Dublin MetroLink project in mid-July
Dublin’s historic James Weir Home to remain in State hands
Early 20th century structure had provided nursing accommodation for decades before closure in 2021
Taxpayers ‘sick and tired of waste’, says Committee of Public Accounts chief
Education spending, electric bus fleet and Children’s Sciene Museum among issues rounded on by committee
Dublin council chief wanted ‘generational civil servant’ Robert Watt for €280,000-a-year secondment
Former Department of Health secretary general appointed to €280,000 role without competitive process as it was a secondment
State appeals ruling it breached Constitution by refusing spouse’s pension to bereaved partner
Minister argues case could have significant impact on private contractual arrangements and employer planning
Department of Health faces task to find €175m in savings to offset overspending in education
Labour TD Ged Nash says the way details of sums involved are being presented by Ministers ‘is anything but transparent’
Government exceeds annual budget by average of €5.1bn since 2023
Irish Fiscal Advisory Council rebukes Department of Public Expenditure for poor budgeting
‘He gets a bit of enjoyment out of the power’: Is this man now Ireland’s most powerful civil servant?
Have new curbs on spending made top Department of Public Expenditure official David Moloney Ireland’s most powerful civil servant?
Department of Public Expenditure to pay up to €8,500 a month on help to sell infrastructure plan
‘Independent analysis and research support’ for department currently cracking down on overspends elsewhere
Delivering new cost of disability payment will be ‘so challenging’, Minister tells summit
‘We still live in a very ableist society’, one wheelchair user tells event, saying employment will not reduce costs
Spending on scheme to fix defects in Celtic-Tiger era apartments could be capped
Caps on scheme would be ‘wholly unacceptable’, says Sinn Féin housing spokesman Eoin Ó Broin
Chambers tries to play bad cop on spending while corporate tax receipts flow in
Spending last year came in €4bn beyond what the Government sanctioned in previous budget
Ministers face new budget curbs in overspending crackdown
Expenditure control framework to be finalised shortly by Department of Public Expenditure
Officials questioned how nominating Phil Hogan for key UN post would ‘benefit’ the State
Role based in Rome carries $265,000 annual salary plus extra $50,000 ‘representation’ allowance
Time to seriously examine going nuclear, says Taoiseach in Armenia
Micheál Martin says further cost-of-living measures coming in next budget
Unions set to seek hefty increases in looming pay talks as spending pressures mount
€1bn ‘contingency reserve’ provided in budget for unforeseen spending requirements already used up
New Dublin regeneration role for Robert Watt is secondment with no competitive process
Senior Department of Housing civil servant to lead authority in charge of revitalising key areas in city
Dublin City Council completes €581m purchase of former DIT site
Deal to buy Kevin Street site would see council vacate Wood Quay civic offices
Department of Education faces €500m deficit amid funding row
Minister for Public Expenditure drawing up proposals for levy on other departments to address underfunding
Serious row rages over existing spending levels as teachers demand more resources
Minister for Education seeks reset in her core budget while Department of Public Expenditure is concerned about rising costs of special needs education and school transport scheme
Tensions brewing in Government over slow progress on social media access age limit
Jack Chambers moving forward with original plan to use digital wallet to enable to people store Government documents on their phones
Ireland is on the cusp of another shock. What does it mean for Government’s budget plans?
If the current crisis continues, the principles of protecting tax payers and maintaining fiscal discipline could collide
Minister for Education defends projected department overspend of up to €700m
Hildegarde Naughton makes ‘absolutely no apologies around the need to make sure we are adequately funded’
Department of Education’s €600m overspend to be bailed out by other departments’ budgets
The cost of the overspend will have to be met from reducing spending increases elsewhere – a development likely to infuriate Ministers
At the Rock of Cashel, a ‘lovely development’ of 52 unfinished houses will be demolished
Construction of ‘holiday suites’ linked to hotel began in 2006 but stopped after council alleged planning non-compliance
Here are five ways we can help bring life back to our towns and cities
More than 100,000 homes could be created by converting old premises and promoting living over shops
Minister wants to speed up development of social media age verification tool
Pilot project being built by Department of Public Expenditure has no start date, says Patrick O’Donovan
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