Martin Wall

Martin Wall

Public Policy Correspondent

Martin Wall is Public Policy Correspondent of The Irish Times. He is the former Washington Correspondent and Industry Correspondent and has written and broadcast extensively on industrial relations, particularly public-service reform. He has also extensively covered developments in the health service over the past 25 years.

Beaumont Hospital paid €1.5m to company in which 20 staff were directors without competitive process

Financial statement reveals hospital was hit by a €40,000 fraud last year

Voluntary hospital chiefs seek pay rise to restore salary link broken 20 years ago

HSE has been examining whether hospital boards were compliant with Government pay policy in setting CEO salaries

Teachers to consider escalating industrial action over lack of pay rises

Union survey finds high level of concern that AI has changed practical meaning of what constitutes ‘student work’ in Leaving Cert

More than a dozen cases of money going missing from Garda stations, Dáil committee told

One investigation relating to sum of €1,100 resulted in criminal proceedings against a garda

CIÉ plans to redevelop Heuston and Connolly train stations

CIÉ chief also says it wants to secure pension deal that would see 6,000 retired personnel receive first pension increases in 18 years

CIÉ’s new CEO Stephen Kent: We face ‘an existential threat’ over €4bn pension liability

CIÉ’s new CEO Stephen Kent has ambitious plans to redevelop landbanks around Heuston and Connolly and build commercial resilience

‘Serious allegations’ over former taoiseach putting pressure on fisheries agency, PAC hears

Proposed severance deal for ex-Inland Fisheries Ireland chief also raised at Dáil Public Accounts Committee

Controversies and governance issues at fisheries agency very damaging, says department

Inland Fisheries Ireland has been in ‘stormy waters’ for years, chairman to tell Dáil Public Accounts Committee

Doctors paid thousands more for special waiting list clinics than normal contracts

Consultant services to clear waiting lists at Naas General Hospital were paid on fee-per-patient basis, audit finds

‘We are at a dangerous moment’: Action needed to prevent deeper crisis, Government says

Minister Helen McEntee urges deescalation to create space for dialogue

Children’s Health Ireland accepted €30,000 from concession holder for staff Christmas party

Office of Public Works expected to warn that Ireland must be ready for increased flooding arising from climate change

US committed to working with Ireland to safeguard ‘shared security’, says Rubio

US secretary of state says Irish investment is supporting more than 370,000 American jobs

Irish Rail needs executive chairman, outgoing chair says in resignation letter to Minister

Steve Murphy stood down as chairman of the State-owned rail company in February after just two years in the post

Department of Defence urged to improve protection of critical underwater gas pipelines

Attacks on infrastructure could cause disruption and economic harm, says Gas Networks Ireland

Damage to Irish subsea gas pipelines could take ‘six months to fix and lead to power outages’

Threats to Ireland’s subsea gas interconnectors ‘very much a realistic possibility’, Gas Networks Ireland warns Government

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