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Ger Gilroy, the sports podcast and RTÉ’s Oireachtas mess: ‘People are absolutely livid’
The high-profile appointment has reawakened ghosts of past profligacy and lack of transparency at the national broadcaster
Fine Gael’s Ray McAdam elected to the Seanad
Former Dublin lord mayor wins byelection to fill seat vacated by party colleague Seán Kyne
‘You’re dancing around’: RTÉ under fire for Ger Gilroy sports podcast appointment
Howler Sport off to a rocky start with Oireachtas committee grills broadcaster over headhunting and a tracksuit top
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
Calls for RTÉ to clarify recruitment of ex-Newstalk hosts Ger Gilroy and Kieran Cuddihy
RTÉ’s sports department was ‘not happy’ with the appointment of Gilroy, Oireachtas committee hears
Ireland unlikely to build 60,000 homes a year without surge in apartments, Cairn warns
Developer’s chief executive says 40,000 homes will be completed this year, but apartment delivery must rise sharply to meet future targets
Liberty Recycling: Fine Gael asks PAC chair to summon Charities Regulator and others
Charity is under Garda investigation for alleged money laundering
Minister for Justice to meet Law Society over legal aid row amid ongoing court disruption
Meeting is first face-to-face encounter between sides since late July
Irish Rail seeks to recover damages from contractor over scrapped software project
Rail operator tells Oireachtas committee that Spanish IT firm Indra has issued its own claim over shelved traffic management system
Triple lock Bill passes Dáil vote amid Opposition anger
Government narrowly wins vote on proposed legislation removing need for UN approval of Irish troop deployments
‘He never saw it coming’: Families of ‘one punch’ victims seek tougher measures
Families call for public awareness campaign similar to Australia’s ‘coward punch’ initiative
The Irish Times view on the legal aid dispute: solicitors should end it now
Jim O’Callaghan still has time to show he has the stomach to take on bigger reforms
The triple lock: What is it and why is the Government trying to change it?
Opposition argues that removing the legal provision will compromise the State’s neutrality
Addictive online features should be disabled by default, report on use by children finds
Blanket social media ban for under-16s would ‘unlikely provide’ comprehensive solution to harms
Irish universities teetering on ‘cliff-edge’ due to chronic underfunding, committee hears
State funding of higher education per student stands at 34% less than in 2008
Micheál Martin’s feathers ruffled by claims he is ‘playing chicken’ with striking workers
‘Enhanced social dialogue’ offered by Taoiseach more suited to AI summit than public sector unions’ pickets
Dáil sitting next Wednesday cancelled due public sector workers’ strike
Government had provisionally scheduled a full day of Dáil business but this was contingent on staff at Leinster House being available
HSE deducted €100,000 from autism charity after governance concerns raised
Autism a Chara, which previously traded as Autism Initiatives Ireland, provides specialist care and support for adults with autism
Land Development Agency buys Dundrum objector’s house for €2.15m
Land Development Agency pays more than €2m to buy dormer bungalow to settle High Court case
GAA integration will take ‘years’ to come together, says director
Meeting heard from GAA, LGFA, the Camogie Association and Sport Ireland
Gardaí contact UK police forces amid efforts to ‘significantly’ ramp up pursuit training
Gaping skills shortfall emerged after five teenagers in a BMW were killed in a wrong-way crash on the M9 in Co Kildare in August
Ireland goalkeepers were not spoken to about Israel matches, FAI tells committee – as it happened
Safeguarding issues also on the agenda, with politicians pressing the association on the level of Garda vetting among soccer referees
Additional cost-saving measures would significantly impact frontline services, Tusla warns
Child and family agency says financial management cannot be considered separately from the realities of delivering services
Uncertain if Israeli ‘war’ bonds will no longer be offered for sale in EU through Ireland
Oireachtas finance committee chair Mairéad Farrell says Israel missing deadline for submitting prospectus application may not necessarily mean programme shutting down
Health service to have ‘significant deficit’ at end of year, HSE to tell PAC
Gap between funded service levels and real cost of delivery now ‘increasingly structural’, TDs to hear
Irish politicians got to have a go at Big Tech, but will anything change?
Those of us who have seen similar moments to this week’s Oireachtas Committee play out in the past suspect we will still be having these conversations in the future
Harris points to jobs, housing supports after poll shows young people considering leaving
Tánaiste defends record while acknowledging ‘real challenges and pressures’
Children need stronger protection from harmful online crime content, media watchdog says
Coimisiún na Meán will address Oireachtas committee alongside Meta, TikTok and Google, amid concern over dangerous driving videos shared online
Defence Forces armoured vehicles went years without use
One vehicle was driven for just 2,100km over 14-year life but ran up more than €220,000 in maintenance and repair costs during that time
Instead of counting farmers, try adding up all the work they do for the economy
This small proportion of the workforce manages the land behind our largest indigenous exporting sector
Farmers in the Dáil
Eyebrows would be raised if a minister for education were running a grind school on the side
Bills on ending ‘triple lock’, e-scooters and citizenship will come before Dáil this term
The axing of the triple lock has become a clear demarcation line between the Government and Opposition parties
Healy-Rae assault casts long shadow over Dáil proceedings on first day back
Combative Martin picks up where he left off before summer recess – bobbing and weaving with Opposition TDs in hot pursuit
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