AI should be catalyst to rethink how Government operates, Ministers told
Paper prepared for Cabinet committee says technology should improve services and waiting times for citizens
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How can Ireland afford to be so generous to public sector workers?
Irish public sector expenditure has grown seven-fold in 30 years. The money is not coming from domestic taxpayers, but from foreign multinationals
Almost 6,000 children in emergency accommodation as homeless numbers rise again
Data for September published late due to industrial action
Public sector pay deal: did the Government capitulate or did unions settle for too little?
There are big unknowns in the offing for both sides in the form of inflation and cost
Curbing high house prices
Narrow focus on build and supply alone will not reduce house price inflation
Ukraine dominates agenda as Europe’s leaders attend EPC summit in Dublin
US negotiators Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner flew in to Dublin to brief Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Russia talks
Government must match its words at Cop31 with action at home
The people marching on Saturday are fed up with inaction and missed climate targets
What reforms are being sought in return for €5bn public pay deal?
The €5bn agreement also provides for new rostering arrangements, over a seven-day week in some cases
Government likely to miss 2030 housing target by more than 120,000 units
Planning permissions are ‘not keeping pace’, Deloitte construction report says
Who is responsible for public spending?
Ireland does not lack public money so much as it appears to lack sufficient regard for how that money is spent
Penalising people for circumstances rooted in wider economic failures is unjust
If Harris is serious about getting people into work, he should address the barriers to employment
‘Mood music’ improves in pay talks, though uncertainty sees strike planning proceed
Optimism of deal improved on Government side but pensions among a number of outstanding issues
Public sector pay talks adjourned despite ‘substantially revised and improved offer’
Tánaiste Simon Harris says new offer should provide basis for progress, but union sources suggest it still falls short
Simon Harris thinks Ireland is addicted to spending. As Minister for Finance, he’d know
Tightening up on spending – such as on semi-State bosses’ salaries – requires saying no and eschewing flat-rate percentage increases for public servants
‘Politicians can be terrorised for half a dozen votes’: Conor Brady’s plan to reset Ireland
In a manifesto for renewing the State, the former editor of The Irish Times asks why ‘so many things don’t work’ in Ireland
Effects of Unite case being quietly felt in courts two years on
‘It appears the court’s intention that these matters be played out on the picket line and not in the Four Courts has been fulfilled’
Resetting the Republic. How to Build a Better Ireland: an engaging analysis of how we got here, and a vision for the future
Conor Brady outlines why the State’s political and administrative structures require a radical overhaul
RTÉ must ‘ensure targets are met’ as Minister considers €20m in withheld funding
Public Accounts Committee to seek further details on any links between broadcaster performance and financing
Grandfather offers to give up dialysis so non-verbal grandson can get speech therapy
Sinn Féin TD tells Dáil he was stopped in his tracks by email from man whose heart is broken by ‘frustrated’ three-year-old boy
There is ‘strong potential’ for integration of school and public transport, committee told
Department of Education report says implementation of the Government’s plan to expand school transport system would take time to plan and put in place
Ireland’s artistic EU presidency ‘circus’ avoids diplomatic landmines
Commissioning art to liven up the EU’s corridors of power can be a tricky job
RTÉ to seek further Government funding as licence fee revenue to continue decline
Director general says surprise €20m budget day funding cut was never discussed in advance
Record €85bn tax take as Government spending continues to climb
Latest exchequer returns point to strong tax haul for first 10 months of year
Plans for united Ireland to examine how symbols and cultural policy need to change
Micheál Martin told Fianna Fáil it is ‘critically important’ to have ‘as genuinely inclusive a debate as possible’
‘Significant’ traffic disruption in Dublin next week for EU presidency meetings
Public advised to leave extra time for journeys and to expect delays
Irish honeybee faces threat from non-native species crossing Border, Dáil hears
Taoiseach pledges to work with Green Party leader Roderic O’Gorman
Many people unsure of what Fine Gael stands for, party finds
Commission for Renewal of the party says it needs a clear and shared understanding of why it exists
‘We got on very well’: Micheál Martin courts the unions as Opposition sharpens the knives
In a game of chicken with his eye off the ball, Taoiseach faces blame games from opponents
‘Deport Jim O’Callaghan’: Proposed citizenship changes condemned at protest
Migrant Rights Centre Ireland director says changes are ‘unjustifiable’
Pay offer worth 8% over 30 months falls well short of what public sector unions have sought
Trade unions are unlikely to have accepted anything less than the 10.25% increase they secured in the last public pay deal
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