Housing State to make emergency accommodation costs available to worst-hit mica familiesDepartment of Housing to give homeowners in worst situations access to €15k, following Business Post report on families in houses severely damaged by defective blocks
Housing Mica: Expert group warns more funding needed to better regulate concrete productsNew audit published by the government, which has been delayed by months, says government needs to spend more on overseeing quarries
Jobs Intel offers workers thousands of euro to take extended leaveUp to 2,000 workers at the US chip giant in Leixlip are being offered a package to take up to 12 weeks off unpaid in a bid to cut costs
Energy Microsoft plans private power plant on €900m data centre siteConcerns about constraints on Ireland’s energy grid prompt action by tech giant, with facility likely to add at least €100m to cost of Dublin project
Intel Could Intel’s leave offer lead to a longer absence?The IT giant has opted for offering staff extended time off as a cost-saving exercise, but the worry is that things won’t stop there
World Cup Qatar signed up McAteer as ambassador to ‘dispel the myths’ about the country The former Republic of Ireland winger was enlisted to promote the Middle East country’s hosting of the World Cup, in an attempt to counter negative coverage on human rights issues
Housing Mica: Council seeks meeting with Minister as pressure grows over worst-impacted homesDonegal County Council has written to Darragh O’Brien, the Housing Minister, about the ‘seriousness’ of the situation for some homeowners in homes severely damaged by defective concrete blocks
Jobs Thousands of Intel staff in Ireland offered unpaid leave in cost-cutting driveCompany is also actively exploring redundancies at some units as US giant cuts up to $10 billion of costs from the business
Companies ‘Much improved’: Lily O’Brien’s chocolate rebuilds after pandemic as revenues riseLuxury chocolate company reported turnover of €26m in 2021 as its headcount rose to 221
Data Centres Amazon, Microsoft seek licences to power data centres with fossil fuels amid energy supply warnings Big Tech firms applied to the Environmental Protection Agency for permission to operate diesel generators in case they are cut off from the power grid in an emergency scenario
Aviation Irish flights ‘most environmentally penalised in Europe’, Ryanair’s O’Leary claimsMichael O’Leary to publicly rebuke Transport Minister Eamon Ryan for calling for further levies on aviation at a cross-party meeting today
Housing Hundreds of mica homeowners forced to wait until next year for redress grant eligibility Donegal County Council tells 400 impacted homeowners application for redress won’t be processed until January
Banking Taoiseach defends easing of limits on bankers’ pay and bonusesBailed-out lenders will be able to pay out bonuses of €20,000, while the government is moving to lift the €500,000 pay cap on senior officials at retail banks
Media Siún Ní Raghallaigh appointed new chair of RTÉ boardCabinet approved move to appoint the former TG4 finance director to the role following departure of Moya Doherty earlier this year
Transport State was told in July that road toll charges would rise due to inflationTransport Infrastructure Ireland will warn at a committee meeting today that freezing the planned hikes will mean bigger price rises in 2024
Housing ‘There's days I phone my daughter and cry’: Worst mica-hit families face an unsafe winterThe government has been warned that 10 families in homes built by hazardous blocks need to move for their safety. But can anything be done to get them into emergency accommodation?
Housing Mica homeowners have exemptions to property tax ‘removed’Revenue has told some homeowners they have to pay the LPT because they haven’t been admitted onto the scheme yet, as hundreds wait on Donegal County Council to deal with a major backlog of applications
Banking Ulster Bank to raise fixed mortgage rates by 0.75% following ECB hikesThe lender said the decision would apply to to two, four and seven-year loans
Health HSE allocated less than half of €88m funding requested to upgrade IT systems Health service allocated €40m for 2023 to tackle cyber risks – despite board minutes showing it would need €88.5m to fund process
Ukrainian Refugee Crisis No property to house Ukrainian refugees in ‘near future’, says State transport agency Letter from CIE shows the body has no plans to open up its portfolio to Ukrainian refugees, as the government’s capacity to house those fleeing war comes under increasing pressure
