New PAC chair says looking into Arts Council’s €6.7m abandoned IT system is priority
Sinn Féin’s John Brady says Public Accounts Committee will examine many of the recent controversies surrounding spending by State bodies
John Brady
New Public Accounts Committee chairman to be Sinn Féin TD John Brady
High-profile PAC oversees public spending in State bodies and convenes hearings into expenditure controversies
Wicklow: John Brady (SF)
Sinn Féin’s transport and communications spokesman holds his Dáil seat in 2024 general election
Wicklow constituency candidates list: One of the bear pits of Election 2024 after loss of territory to neighbouring area
Election 2024: Taoiseach Simon Harris will be safe but bringing home a running mate is not assured
State investment fund pulls out of Israeli companies operating in illegal settlements
NTMA says value of funds in six companies is under €3m and and says it will keep other investments in region ‘under review’
Sinn Féin proposals banning State investment in companies operating in Israeli settlements may be unconstitutional, Minister says
Government privately accused of trying to slow the bill down as bitter row breaks out over procedure
Miriam Lord’s Week: TDs and Senators eager for their close-ups in The Tubridy Show
Committee hearings into RTÉ payments controversy provided stark contrast between top performers and those who scaled soaring heights of incoherence
RTÉ crisis: Nine key moments from this week’s contentious Oireachtas hearings
RTÉ executives push back on assertions made by Tubridy and Kelly; DG says he was surprised to hear former chief financial officer had availed of exit package
Passport Service to boost staff numbers by almost 20% this year
Move follows record number of applications for passports last year, with same number anticipated in 2023
Passport applications more than treble in a month
Numbers increase from 1,400 per day during December to 5,000 in recent days with record number of calls
Over €1m spent on overtime at passport office as ‘record numbers’ produced
Last year average turnaround times for online renewals were 10 working days for adults and 15 for children
More than 400,000 passports issued to date but no backlog, says Coveney
The Passport Service is expecting about 1.4 million applications this year
Simon Coveney ‘anxious’ to reopen Irish embassy in Kyiv
Facility will open again once security issues assessed and resolved, says Minister
Ireland must respond to world’s ‘unstable security environment’, Coveney says
Committee considers legislation to allow military police take and use DNA samples
‘They need money’: Irish politicians call for support for Moldova’s refugee crisis
Oireachtas visitors fear for strain at border with Ukraine if Russian advances westwards
Irish politicians to visit Moldova to study influx of refugees
Delegation will seek to learn how other countries are providing humanitarian services
‘Realistic, achievable, necessary’: Mary Lou McDonald pushes EU to back Irish reunification
‘Final days of partition’ are here, argues Sinn Féin newsletter sent to diplomats
Ryanair refugee price hike claims are ‘completely false’, says O’Leary
Airline chief executive says ‘there are loads of cheap flights’ from Poland
Former Inter Milan defender Ryan Nolan signs for Northampton Town
Irish player (23) signs contract with League Two outfit after spell at Getafe in Spain
Grim diplomatic dance on Ukraine reaches its end with Russian invasion
Inside Politics: Widespread condemnation of Russian aggression in Dáil exchanges
Howlin says Irish reliance on other nations is ‘not being neutral’
Report warns of growing risk of Ireland’s land, sea and air being used by hostile powers
Ukraine crisis: Russian ambassador asked to come before Oireachtas committee
Charlie Flanagan wants to ask Yury Filatov about meeting with Defence Forces Chief of Staff
Ukraine-linked sanctions may threaten Ireland's energy security - Coveney
Minister for Foreign Affairs says Europe could be facing first land war in decades
Coveney spoke to DFA staff for 10 minutes on night of controversial celebration
Minister says he did not see breach of Covid rules shown in photograph from earlier that evening
Ethiopia could fracture amid ‘famine-like conditions’, Coveney says
Minister unsure if it will be possible to visit Addis Ababa in two weeks
Róisín Shortall to seek referendum to end presidential oath to ‘almighty God’
Social Democrats co-leader to table Bill on the matter after European ruling
Up to 1.7m Irish passport applications expected next year – Coveney
Minister says Passport Service staff will effectively double by January
Facebook should face questions from TDs on ethnic violence, says Sinn Féin TD
Whistle-blower Frances Haugen alleges company is ‘fanning the flames of violence’
Backlog in passport system focus of constituents’ complaints, TDs tell Simon Coveney
Minister for Foreign Affairs acknowledges disruption but defends system against criticism
Man fatally shot friend believing him to be intruder, inquest told
Inquest hears 85-year-old fired shotgun twice through door of his Mayo home
SF calls on Taoiseach to hold Ministers to account for envoy role ‘cronyism’
TD says ‘all options on table’ surrounding Coveney’s involvement in Zappone row
Zappone ‘given free reign’ over envoy job, says Opposition
Reaction: Documents show Katherine Zappone ‘seriously lobbied’ three FG members
Hammerson regeneration scheme ‘long overdue’, says Fáilte Ireland
JLL reports puts economic value of the Dublin 1 scheme at €1bn
Reserve members of Defence Forces to be allowed to serve overseas for first time
Minister removes restriction as membership down 60 per cent on 4,000 target
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