Martin Wall

Martin Wall

Public Policy Correspondent

Martin Wall is Public Policy Correspondent of The Irish Times. He is the former Washington Correspondent and Industry Correspondent and has written and broadcast extensively on industrial relations, particularly public-service reform. He has also extensively covered developments in the health service over the past 25 years.

State fisheries agency spent €16,000 on legal fees before Oireachtas appearance

Inland Fisheries Ireland also paid more than €50,000 to a PR company ahead of the same event

Pressure over Government spending cuts likely to fuel tensions at Cabinet

Black hole in Department of Education funding has led to €446m levy

Some rail services will be ‘rephased or reprioritised’ due to €50m IT project write down

New train traffic management system will need to be put in place, says Irish Rail, without providing estimated cost

One consultant doctor working for HSE earned more than €900,000 last year, report shows

Annual document says 11 employees, all of whom are consultants, were paid in excess of €500,000 each in 2025

Spending on rail expansion plans could be hit by costs of failed €50m IT project

NTA accepts move by Irish Rail to terminate contract with IT contractor Indra but warns of ‘significant financial consequences’

Failed €50m rail IT system: contractor says scope of project was ‘not sufficiently specified’

NTA privately warns Irish Rail of ‘significant financial consequences’ arising from move to fire IT company Indra

Ali Hewson and others could raise almost €20m for new children’s science centre, adjudicator finds

Adjudication report says State support of up to €30m could be needed over a decade to meet facility’s operating costs

Ryanair passenger partly sucked out of plane as window dislodges

Reports suggest the passenger is hospitalised with friction burns

HSE to examine whether money provided to any funded organisation was sent abroad

Health service tells Oireachtas committee of review of governance and financial records at autism charity

Cost of running RTÉ will increase by €50m this year, Oireachtas committee told

Kevin Bakhurst tells PAC that broadcaster has held preliminary discussions with Land Development Agency

RTÉ to seek more State funding after three-year €725m deal ends

Oireachtas committee to hear broadcaster has ‘reversed the trend of reporting deficits’

Unfair dismissal case of former Inland Fisheries Ireland chief adjourned until September

HR staff in State agency believed Francis O’Donnell could return to regional director job after term in top job ended, WRC hears

Inland Fisheries Ireland chief executive had suicidal thoughts, doctor tells tribunal

Specialist tells WRC State fishing agency was unhappy with her findings but did not seek her to change her report

Former State agency chief faced disciplinary action after finding he assisted job candidate, WRC told

Ex-Inland Fisheries Ireland boss Francis O’Donnell claims he was unfairly dismissed and penalised after making protected disclosures

Irish consumers buying financial products can insist on speaking to a human under new rules

The measures, which are to be signed into law, will give consumers stronger protections

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