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From brain to drain: How was €50m wasted on a planned IT system for Ireland’s rail network?
Oireachtas committees to begin investigations into cost overruns on project once called the ‘brain of the railway’ by a Government Minister
Scrapped €50m Irish Rail IT project could lead to extra costs of up to €800,000 a month
Initial testing has ‘revealed problems’ with latest software delivered by contractor
Lidl claims planning system is being exploited by rival
Supermarket chain wants measures similar to fast-tracking of large infrastructure projects
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’
Department of Justice told to save €39m under levy proposed by Jack Chambers
Department of Transport faces €18m savings target, but some Ministers criticised for lack of transparency
Irish charities facing uncertain future amid rising costs and funding shortfalls
Survey finds that nearly a quarter of charities have doubts they can sustain services over the coming year
Irish Rail’s €50m writedown on IT project a ‘national scandal’, says Sinn Féin
Scathing criticism at Dáil committee follows report saying State-owned train operator has no confidence in traffic management system
Irish Rail to scrap new €50m IT system for trains
State-owned rail company does not have confidence the system to control train movement can be deployed on the network
Up to 200 staff at disability service provider may have been affected by recruiter data breach
Stewarts Care tells personnel their data may have been exposed in serious breach at Healthdaq firm through which they were employed
More than 700,000 carbon credits purchased by State cancelled last year
EU framework restricted types of carbon credits that could be applied, Department of Climate tells PAC
‘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?
Number of apartments under construction in Dublin rises, but house building slows
Decisions on planning applications awaited for 13,600 housing units, down from backlog of 34,400
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
Transport authority disputes PAC report claiming new ticketing system is €41m over budget
Key IT projects at Government departments and State agencies set to run €61m over budget
Bertie Ahern’s comments on immigration ‘totally wrong’, says Jack Chambers
Tánaiste Simon Harris expects former taoiseach to ‘reflect’ on ‘any hurt or harm’ remarks have caused
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