Dr Anne Merriman, Irish-educated pioneer of palliative care in Africa, dies aged 90She trained in UCD and set up hospice in Kampala, Uganda in 1993, and also trained students from 37 African countries in palliative careMon May 19 2025 - 23:36
PSNI arrest man for attempted murder after car rams drinkers Collision in seaside village was reported late on Saturday eveningSun May 18 2025 - 19:10
How vital water project stalled for years over minor paperwork issue Water supply in Greater Dublin Area on ‘knife edge’ says Uisce Éireann, citing long planning delays to proposals for big sewerage projectsWed May 14 2025 - 06:00
Eurovision Song Contest: How are organisers reacting to criticisms of Israel?Israel’s conduct in Gaza has again prompted criticism of its participation by artists and concern from RTÉ and other broadcastersSat May 10 2025 - 05:00
Review under way into DAA’s international duty free and consulting operationsCEO Kenny Jacobs dismisses sale option for subsidiaries Aer Rianta International and DAA InternationalThu May 08 2025 - 18:50
RTÉ seeks discussion over Israel’s inclusion in the Eurovision Song ContestFormer Eurovision contestants called for Israel’s expulsion from the competition because of the Gaza warWed May 07 2025 - 12:05
An Bord Pleanála failure to decide on applications delays up to 6,000 apartments Planning board hit by more than €1.4m in fines for failure to process over 140 ‘strategic housing development’ applications on timeTue May 06 2025 - 06:00
‘Thousands’ of new homes delayed due to electricity accessESB Networks acknowledges ‘limited’ capacity in some locations Mon May 05 2025 - 06:00
Officials warned of ‘uncertainty’ in housing completions outlookInternal Department of Housing report set out 10 selected 2024 forecasts, with all but two below 40,000Tue Apr 15 2025 - 01:00
Trump tariffs: Why did he pause abruptly, what happens next and what does it mean for Ireland?Lengthy negotiations beckon after US president pauses most threatened reciprocal tariffs for 90 days Thu Apr 10 2025 - 11:55
Churches should ‘do the right thing’ on mother-and-baby home redress, Norma Foley saysGovernment faces steep legal barriers to compelling orders to contribute to €800m redress scheme, say expertsTue Apr 08 2025 - 16:44
South Dublin County Council seeks pass from itself for land deemed taxable on its own mapLocal authority among landowners caught by residential zoned land taxThu Apr 03 2025 - 06:00
Church orders’ refusal to pay mother-and-baby home redress leaves Government with dilemmaAny attempt to force payment from church orders would be fraught with legal difficulty, expert saysThu Apr 03 2025 - 06:00
Just one religious order has made ‘serious offer’ of cash redress to mother-and-baby home survivorsGovernment negotiator Sheila Nunan has submitted a final report with conclusions from talks with seven Catholic bodies and the Church of IrelandWed Apr 02 2025 - 06:00
Housing land dezoned in Dundalk despite regulator’s intervention The site, owned by Glenveagh, had been earmarked for some 500 new homesTue Mar 25 2025 - 06:00
Rider in the storm: financier in €74m Gibraltar fraud was captain of Ireland’s national polo teamRichard Fagan spoke of taking the Irish team to the Olympics but he dropped out of the Irish polo scene as financial regulators moved to tackle a vast fraud in his businessSat Mar 22 2025 - 06:00
Officials cast doubt weeks before election that 2024 housing targets would be hitRepeated campaign claims that 40,000 new homes would be delivered last year proved drastically wrong Tue Mar 18 2025 - 06:00
Complaint sent to regulator over An Bord Pleanála’s scrutiny of wind farm casesCommunity & Environmental Protection Alliance claims HSE is precluded from reviewing developments that could affect public healthMon Mar 17 2025 - 06:00
False Facebook reports about alleged rape sparked fatal Myanmar riots, new book claims Claims survived for hours as Dublin office scrambled to find ‘Burmese guy’ to review contentWed Mar 12 2025 - 11:00
Irish government gave Facebook a ‘special phone’ in case of problems, former executive claimsDetails of Irish efforts to court company if difficulties encountered in Dublin included in new bookWed Mar 12 2025 - 06:00
Land transaction between Tipperary council and big developer should be investigated, says councillor The transfer to Tetrarch Capital of a freehold interest in a Clonmel hotel has been questioned by Niall DennehySat Mar 08 2025 - 15:55
Heather Humphreys waited a year to settle Charities Regulator conflict of interestThen minister was told in January 2024 that regulator had concern about dual board roles, files showFri Mar 07 2025 - 20:44
Peter McVerry Trust: Assisi House care home latest problem for beleaguered charity Secular Franciscan Order donated property, land and other assets to the trust now mired in turmoil Thu Mar 06 2025 - 06:00
Irish aid trucks bound for Gaza remain in Jordan Israel halts flow of aid as it demands Hamas accepts US plans to prolong ceasefireMon Mar 03 2025 - 19:00
Millions of dollars ‘under the table’: Daniel Kinahan’s backroom role in boxing Court filings cast new light on Irish crime boss’s dealings with big promoters and relationship with champion fighter Tyson FuryFri Feb 28 2025 - 21:21
Top finance official warns of fallout for Ireland from Israeli goods banProposed law could affect relations with multinational companies employing hundreds of thousands of workers hereFri Feb 28 2025 - 06:00
Nama will feel vindicated by commission’s findings on Project Eagle deal strongly criticised by PACSale of Northern Ireland property portfolio to US investment group Cerberus for more than £1.3bn triggered political storm and criminal case Tue Feb 25 2025 - 19:00
Nama criticised over handling of ‘success fee’ in €1.6 billion Project Eagle sale after seven-year inquiryLong-awaited report concludes that sale to US firm Cerberus was appropriate in the circumstancesTue Feb 25 2025 - 16:09
Mick Bailey returns to board of property group Bovale having previously been disqualified as a company directorDeveloper’s return comes as company realises €44.6m from landbank sale and amid uncertainty over Nama fundingSat Feb 22 2025 - 06:15
Gardaí investigate ‘alleged financial irregularities’ in Limerick high-wire dance troupe Fidget Feet has received more than €1.15 million from the Arts Council since 2022Thu Feb 20 2025 - 06:00
Arts Council spent more than €9m on consultants since 2019Differences emerge between council and department over timing of warning about botched IT projectSat Feb 15 2025 - 06:00
High fees for consultants in failed Arts Council computer project IT firms have extensive work with government departmentsSat Feb 15 2025 - 06:00
Department of Social Protection paid €1.4m a week to consultancies for IT projectsDepartment paid €126.51m to four largest suppliers of information technology services over two yearsWed Feb 12 2025 - 20:06
Dublin law firm received €15m for advising State transport bodies responsible for roads and rail infrastructureNational Transport Authority and Transport Infrastructure Ireland paid consultants more than €30m over four yearsWed Feb 12 2025 - 06:00
Darragh O’Brien pressed to block Bord na Móna wheelie bin saleSiptu claims KWD Recycling deal is ‘economic vandalism’ Mon Feb 10 2025 - 06:00
Fr Peter McVerry resigns from key role in housing charityPriest resigns as Peter McVerry Trust board secretary as chairwoman Deirdre-Ann Barr also steps downWed Feb 05 2025 - 08:13
Bord Pleanála chief says barrister’s report ‘answers reputational questions’ for agencyAsked whether the planning authority had erred by allowing a major crisis to develop, Peter Mullan says that was not the caseMon Jan 27 2025 - 06:00
Bord Pleanála report rules out disciplinary action against current or former employeesBoard chairman says he is precluded for legal reasons from publishing senior counsel’s reportMon Jan 27 2025 - 06:00
Peter McVerry Trust in talks with Government to give up ownership of part of property portfolioHousing charity seeks ministerial consent for transfer of properties to relevant local authorityWed Jan 22 2025 - 06:00
Scouting Ireland director steps down from Charities Regulator board after Minister threatens to remove herGalway barrister Lorraine Lally had been asked to tender resignation by Heather Humphreys over conflict of interest concernWed Jan 22 2025 - 06:00
Scouting Ireland board member also has role with regulator inspecting youth organisationDual directorships of Galway barrister Lorraine Lally raise questions for Heather HumphreysTue Jan 21 2025 - 06:00
Regulator sends external officials into Peter McVerry Trust after reports on misgovernanceMonthly reports sought on State’s largest provider of homeless servicesMon Jan 13 2025 - 06:00
Money held in trust by solicitor for vulnerable children of deceased clients ‘simply not available’Tribunal finds solicitor engaged in ‘teeming and lading’ of funds held in trust for vulnerable children of deceased clientsFri Jan 10 2025 - 06:03
‘The giant has gone but he will be in our hearts’, Pádraig Ó Snodaigh’s funeral hearsActivist and writer borrowed money from a friend to establish Coiscéim which published some 1,777 books in Irish, service toldMon Jan 06 2025 - 19:04
‘A Gaeltacht-driven movement’: The civil rights agitation that spawned Raidió na Gaeltachta and TG4Author and Irish language activist Máirtín Ó Cadhain prepared the ground for the Gaeltacht Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s and 1970s with ‘his own agitation’Sun Jan 05 2025 - 06:00
Golden visa shutdown came after officials warned of potentially ‘unlawful’ and ‘unethical’ practicesDepartment has no list of companies that received investments from €1.25bn schemeThu Jan 02 2025 - 06:00
‘The records sought do not exist’: ‘Golden visas’ granted under €1.25bn scheme but no list of investment beneficiaries Lack of even a basic list raises questions about how the scheme was monitoredThu Jan 02 2025 - 06:00
Payments by Peter McVerry Trust to law firm may have included ‘different components’, says watchdog Lavelle Partners firm challenged figures provided in report by Approved Housing Bodies Regulatory AuthorityFri Dec 27 2024 - 06:00
Public ethics watchdog rules out inquiry into Leo Varadkar’s leak of confidential documentStandards in Public Office Commission decides not to investigate, reaffirming earlier decision – quashed by High Court – despite internal divisionsFri Dec 20 2024 - 06:00
‘Leo the leak’ affair still lingers five years onSipo has resolved for a second time not to investigate the leaking of a draft State contract with the Irish Medical Organisation when Varadkar was taoiseachFri Dec 20 2024 - 06:00
