Subsidiary of main National Children’s Hospital contractor to secure major state building project
The Government is poised to award a major construction contract to a company jointly controlled by BAM, the main contractor for the National Children’s Hospital, despite not meeting value-for-money tests.
Ministers will on Wednesday consider a proposal to proceed with the tender for Invesis, formerly known as BAM PPP, a vehicle for building public-private partnerships (PPPs) controlled by the Dutch construction giant along with a pension fund.
News in Ireland
- High levels of air pollutants that can cause respiratory, heart and brain issues found in Dublin hotspots: High levels of air pollutants that can cause a range of respiratory, heart and brain issues have been detected across inner-city Dublin, according to new research.
- One in five Irish people expect to pay mortgage in retirement, survey finds: One in five Irish people expect to still be paying off their mortgage in retirement.
- Teacher should be removed from register for inappropriate messages to students - disciplinary panel: A secondary schoolteacher who sent inappropriate messages to three second-year students should be removed from the register of teachers, a disciplinary panel has decided.
- Met Éireann cold weather warning in force until mid-morning: A cold weather warning is in force with icy conditions expected in Munster and Connacht, as well as Cavan, Donegal, Monaghan, Kilkenny, Laois, Longford, Offaly and Westmeath, until 11am on Wednesday.
- Weather forecast: Frost this morning may be slow to clear some areas. Otherwise it will be a dry day with a mix of cloud and some sunny spells. Cold with highest temperatures of 2 to 7 degree. Tonight will be mostly dry with a good deal of cloud. Frost and some fog will form in light northeast or variable breezes. Lowest temperatures of -2 to +3 degrees.
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The Big Read
- Tips for avoiding a January credit-card hangover: Your wallet is in for a workout this month. Spending peaks in the next few weeks, and some of us will lean on credit to foot the bill. So how do you avoid a big credit card hangover in January, or at least manage it?
Opinion
- Kathy Sheridan: Varadkar is right: basic maths should not flummox any of us
Business
- Cash increasingly favoured over gifts at Christmas, survey finds: Irish people are increasingly ditching physical gifts in favour of cash, research from payments company Paypal has found.
Sports
- Jordie Barrett: ‘I came to Leinster to grow my game’: Jordie Barrett has barely put his foot in the door but whatever reservations, if any, there might have been about him joining Leinster have been dispelled already.
World
- Family of suspect in health chief’s killing reported him missing after back surgery: The family of Luigi Mangione, the suspect in theDecember 4th murder of UnitedHealthcare chief executive Brian Thompson, reported him missing in November after he withdrew from social contact following surgery on his back.
Life & Style
- My smear test dilemma: How do I confess that this is my first one, at the age of 41?: The fluttery prickles of embarrassment swirled in my stomach as I waited in the doctor’s surgery for my appointment with the practice nurse.
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