Politics MacSharry to bow out of politics and seek private sector careerMacSharry (50) said it had been an “extraordinary privilege” to serve in the Oireachtas since 2002
RTÉ in Crisis PAC member calls on RTÉ to publish payments scandal reports as TV license revenue ‘collapses’ Four reports and an investigation were sought last month amid the financial and governance crisis at the broadcaster
RTE in Crisis Dáil’s spending watchdog seeks five documents from RTÉ over €345,000 payments scandalPublic Accounts Committee demanding more witnesses to appear before it
RTE in Crisis Dáil spending watchdog demands 31 additional documents from RTÉ ahead of meeting with Ryan Tubridy and agent PAC met in private session on Thursday to agree parameters of show-down with presenter and agent Noel Kelly
Politics Lease of 16 uninsured vehicles by troubled fisheries body only came to light after road traffic accident, Dáil committee told Inland Fisheries Ireland - which has seen its board crumble since the beginning of the year- said a lack of insurance was due to an administrative error
Transport PAC chair calls on Minister to ‘knock heads together’ after €150m lost on abandoned transport projectsMembers of the Public Accounts Committee also expressed concern at the €300 million spent on the Metrolink to date
RTÉ Payments Scandal PAC chair: RTÉ witnesses may appear before committee over summer recessBrian Stanley says Stanley he is interested in hearing from former director-general Dee Forbes, Ryan Tubridy and his agent Noel Kelly,
RTÉ Payments Scandal RTÉ barter account under scrutiny after execs reveal €138,000 spend on rugby tickets Siún Ní Raghallaigh says she is “appalled as to how payments were recorded and presented in the RTÉ accounts”
Media 16 former and current RTÉ execs asked to go before Public Accounts CommitteeDáil committee to grill broadcaster over commercial arrangements, payments to its top presenters, and how payments are accounted for in RTÉ’s financial statements
Health €8m ‘unrecoverable’ after HSE bought ventilators with no business caseAn in-depth report found the health organisation placed orders for 10 times the number of ventilators it needed
Politics 'Golden visas' for foreign investors could be suspended after Monaghan hotel shutsOfficials are worried about a surge in the number of Chinese applicants to the initiative
Health ‘No financial allocation’ for e-health means system to be paper-based until 2025 TDs told high cost of rolling out electronic health records means HSE does not have an approved business case
Politics National Lottery rang almost 1,000 customers to warn them about their spendingDespite the relatively high number of people contacted, just a fraction of players were excluded from playing
Health Children’s hospital cost to rise again with extra €54m needed to cover inflationFigures show the cost of the controversial project is still spiralling, with fears the eventual bill could reach €2 billion
Health New children's hospital bill to rise further as builder files €90m additional cost claimsSome €481 million worth of costs are still in dispute between the hospital and the main contractor amid criticism of the spiralling price of the project
Politics State spends €517m on public inquiries since 1997The cost of tribunals and commissions of investigation has totalled more than half a billion euro in the last 25 years
Tax Revenue worried about ‘growing trend’ of businesses trading cash-onlyPoliticians to hear Revenue has noticed an uptick in off-books payments and as it attempts to clamp down on tax avoidance and evasion
Higher Education UCD broke spending rules with outlay of €4.6m last yearMore than 60 contracts awarded by the university did not comply with rules set down in the public spending code
Climate & Environment Cleaning hazardous landfills to cost further €170mHundreds of sites yet to be remediated 15 years after the EU censured Ireland over illegal dumping
Health Children’s Hospital site targeted 29 times in arson attacks amid ongoing Garda investigation National Paediatric Hospital Development Board expresses ‘grave concern’ over attacks taking place at the site
