Fáilte Ireland dramatically drops estimate of number of occupied beds after reviewPressure on tourism sector not as acute as previously thought after occupancy rate drops from 28% to 13%Sat Jul 01 2023 - 05:00
Investigation into RTÉ’s finances expected to focus on ‘slush fund’Grant Thornton to examine barter account which was used for €1.25m in payments over the past 10 yearsFri Jun 30 2023 - 20:46
RTÉ pay crisis: Donnelly raises prospect of Garda involvement as fresh hearings set for next weekCenter Parcs announces it will not continue €295,000 sponsorship deal for The Ryan Tubridy Show in another blow for RTÉFri Jun 30 2023 - 18:22
RTÉ’s darkest week: Crisis around Ryan Tubridy’s hidden payments sends ripples far beyond Dublin 4Oireachtas committee interrogations, secret payments, a 'slush fund', sports junkets - the national broadcaster endured a torrid weekFri Jun 30 2023 - 17:00
These are dangerous times for RTÉ with Government hardening its stance towards broadcaster Inside Politics: New facets of the controversy keep emerging, further corroding trust in RTÉ and compounding damage done with GovernmentThu Jun 29 2023 - 07:43
Nine things we learned from the first day of RTÉ explanations at Oireachtas committeeFrom silos to ‘top talent’ and super-agents to company cars, all the insights - and remaining questions - from the exchangesThu Jun 29 2023 - 05:00
Considerable disquiet remains after RTÉ Oireachtas hearing, says Minister for Media Catherine MartinTaoiseach tells Fine Gael parliamentary party that scandal around Tubridy payments ‘damaging’ to State broadcasterWed Jun 28 2023 - 21:35
RTÉ pay controversy: The questions broadcaster faces at Dáil committee todayA lot of individuals knew about different parts of the Ryan Tubridy pay deal: Why did they not act on that knowledge?Wed Jun 28 2023 - 12:51
Day of reckoning dawns for RTÉ as politicians say key questions remain unansweredThe verdict in Leinster House is straightforward: the broadcaster’s statement is not good enoughWed Jun 28 2023 - 07:53
Do politicians have it in for RTÉ, or does RTÉ have it in for politicians?Analysis: The next steps in the secret payments drama will be determined by politics. That can’t be good news for RTÉ, whose co-dependent relationship with Government is always strainedWed Jun 28 2023 - 06:33
RTÉ pay controversy: Dáil committee may seek extra powers to grill station executivesFormer RTÉ director general Dee Forbes is among seven RTÉ figures who have been invited to two committeesTue Jun 27 2023 - 08:01
RTÉ now starring in a compelling, spiraling domestic drama Inside Politics: There is a discernable caution as Government calibrates its response to the unfolding crisis at the broadcasterTue Jun 27 2023 - 07:26
RTÉ pay crisis: Inquiries into hidden payments to Ryan Tubridy face pushback from ForbesDay of drama sees RTÉ director general resign while three top stars declare pay in fullTue Jun 27 2023 - 05:00
RTÉ and the Government: What we learned from Leo Varadkar’s comments todayTaoiseach calls on stars at broadcaster to publish details of their payMon Jun 26 2023 - 12:18
Tubridy payments: Fresh evidence of weak financial controls at RTÉ amid public angerPresenter will not host radio show next week as national broadcaster battles anger and backlash over failure to declare €345,000 in paymentsSat Jun 24 2023 - 05:00
Tubridy pay: Dee Forbes to be invited to back-to-back grillings over RTÉ paymentsMinister for Arts to meet with RTÉ chair this weekend as Dee Forbes to be invited for back-to-back Oireachtas committee sessionsFri Jun 23 2023 - 22:59
RTÉ faces crisis in relations with Government after misreporting Ryan Tubridy’s pay for yearsHigh-ranking Government figures quash any chance of an increase in public funding for the broadcaster after disclosure that Late Late Show presenter received €345,000 in hidden payments from 2017Fri Jun 23 2023 - 06:00
‘This is a matter for RTÉ’: Tubridy says he cannot answer for RTÉ's ‘mistakes’ in understating his payRTÉ reveals undeclared €345,000 payments to Ryan Tubridy as top earners’ contracts investigatedThu Jun 22 2023 - 20:26
‘Secret nature of payments is a breach of trust unparalleled in the history of RTÉ': Staff to hold emergency meeting with unionExternal accountants to review contracts of 10 highest paid presenters after investigation revealed broadcaster understated host’s earningsThu Jun 22 2023 - 16:44
Fianna Fáil call for deputy leader likely to drive Martin ‘doolally’Move in Tánaiste’s absence a reminder that parliamentary party is not permanently quiescentThu Jun 22 2023 - 07:54
National children’s hospital delays: Government was told in April that delivery date would be pushed back furtherContractor BAM issued a report in February citing a ‘substantial completion date’ of May 2024, instead of March which was stated in a previous reportWed Jun 21 2023 - 20:05
Hoteliers must ‘do the right thing’ by Taylor Swift fans - Paschal DonohoeEras Tour concerts in Dublin prompts Minister for Public Expenditure to fire warning shot at hospitality industryWed Jun 21 2023 - 16:36
National children’s hospital: Public have well founded scepticism when it comes to costs and open dateInside Politics: Any suggestion NCH might cost more, or more importantly, open late, retains the whiff of political corditeWed Jun 21 2023 - 07:40
Why is the national children’s hospital back in the news?New children's hospital faces issues relating to the layout of ventilation systems in theatres that could add millions to its cost and add months to the deliveryTue Jun 20 2023 - 20:48
Outcome of test on ventilation system of operating theatres in NCH ‘yet to be agreed’Board responds to Sinn Féin claims that ‘major generic faults’ have been identified with 11 operating theatresTue Jun 20 2023 - 19:55
BAM profile: The building firm at centre of latest National Children’s Hospital controversyDutch-owned building giant has won deals on State projects but hospital project has been dogged by large cost over-runsTue Jun 20 2023 - 19:31
Children’s Hospital insists works on 11 operating theatres ‘minor’ and will not delay openingMain contractor BAM told last month to stop works in theatres as mediation works could be needed in ceilingsTue Jun 20 2023 - 12:45
National Children’s Hospital timelineNews that half operating theatres in National Children’s Hospital may need remediation work after main contractor BAM was told to stop works there latest twist in a saga stretching back 30 yearsTue Jun 20 2023 - 11:29
Political week starts with bang as President forced to issue apology The suspicion in the Coalition is the intervention was an intentional violation of the convention that the President doesn’t comment on Government policyTue Jun 20 2023 - 08:01
Children’s hospital lead contractor told to stop key works on half of facility’s operating theatresClaims that fresh NCH setback could cost tens of millions to address, while Department of Health downplays developmentTue Jun 20 2023 - 05:00
Who is Louise Richardson, the Waterford-born academic President Higgins has apologised to?The chair of the Government’s forum on security, a former vice-chancellor of the University of Oxford, will help inform future policy deliberations around Irish neutralityMon Jun 19 2023 - 19:46
The piecemeal plan to fix the housing crisis: what have Darragh O’Brien’s schemes delivered? The Fianna Fáil Minister for Housing’s political style faces a reckoning with the substance of delivery: his affordable housing initiatives create headlines but are not backed up by volumeSat Jun 17 2023 - 09:00
Staff crisis in autism services: Call to subsidise travel for disability workers returning to IrelandCommittee ‘shocked and alarmed’ to learn about the financial impact of autismWed Jun 14 2023 - 05:00
Housing spending more than €80m behind target for first three months of yearMinister for Housing Darragh O’Brien due to update Cabinet as Government departments struggle to spend entire budgetsTue Jun 13 2023 - 05:00
Two models for inquiry into Defence Forces abuses being examined by GovernmentWomen of Honour group seeks public hearings, saying ‘there has been far too much secrecy and concealment’Mon Jun 12 2023 - 20:35
Standoff over plan for 2,000 homes at Leopardstown as horse racing body looks to hotel and sprint track Site zoned for residential development, beside Luas stop and ‘substantially ready’ to provide housingSat Jun 10 2023 - 05:00
Ireland welcomes EU agreement on how to handle migrationTaoiseach Leo Varadkar hails ‘decisive step’, while Tánaiste Micheál Martin indicates support for focus on ‘burden sharing’Fri Jun 09 2023 - 19:46
Up to 6,000 Ukrainians could be housed in refurbished accommodation by end of 2024, Ministers hearGovernment response to refugee accommodation crisis to date has been to rely mainly on hotel accommodationFri Jun 09 2023 - 05:00
Department of Transport underspent its capital budget by almost €100m in first quarter of the yearCoalition spokesman says officials in department are confident it will use all its spending allocation for capital projects by end of the yearThu Jun 08 2023 - 20:20
Asylum seekers to be housed in tents at former Central Mental Hospital in DundrumUp to 176 international protection applicants could be accommodated on site due to be set up in coming weeksThu Jun 08 2023 - 16:26
Coalition sources admit strain of ‘keeping manners’ on overspendingIrish Fiscal Advisory Council warns exchequer to stick to rule limiting net spending growth to 5%Thu Jun 08 2023 - 04:55
Government ministers concerned about ‘sportwashing’ implications of PGA Tour and Saudi PIF dealDepartment of Enterprise rejected only application for license to export military goods to Saudi Arabia that had been made in last five yearsWed Jun 07 2023 - 21:00
Minister for Finance will ‘carefully consider’ warnings by the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council, Donohoe saysPaschal Donohoe says it’s too early to predict if there will be more measures to combat rising cost of living in budget but stresses Michael McGrath will heed IFAC’s commentsWed Jun 07 2023 - 13:20
How Fine Gael’s tax cut proposal soured relations in the CoalitionSenior Fianna Fáil ministers are diplomatic but the party’s backbenchers are openly angry and detect Varadkar’s hand in the populist policy gambitFri May 26 2023 - 15:21
Fresh differences over contentious Fine Gael €1,000 budget tax cut proposal Fianna Fáil sources sceptical of claims over how many people would benefit from the planFri May 26 2023 - 05:00
Budget row: Ryan calls on FF and FG to stop public arguments over tax cuts Budget negotiations are best done behind closed doors and by not promising everybody everything, says Green Party leaderThu May 25 2023 - 13:06
Tánaiste says Fine Gael junior ministers ‘undermined the budgetary process’ as war of words deepensParty meeting sees Fine Gael members turn on Fianna Fáil partners who ‘crashed the economy’Wed May 24 2023 - 21:29
Q&A: Why are we hearing about floatels for asylum seekers?The nature of the refugee crisis means that more beds will be needed, sooner or laterWed May 24 2023 - 19:07
Coalition plans tenders for floating accommodation to house asylum seekersSeveral sites under consideration for berthing ‘floatels’ in Dublin and CorkWed May 24 2023 - 05:17
Vacant office blocks set to be repurposed for housing to ease accommodation crisisMinister indicates he would consider making planning exemptions to rules which would apply to repurposing office space as housingMon May 22 2023 - 05:00
