Voluntary hospitals warn they may have to choose between paying staff and suppliers amid HSE cash limits
Hospitals say spending restrictions will force them to choose between paying staff, suppliers or Revenue
Parties propose significant reform of public administration with new departments and agencies
Fianna Fáil proposes Ireland’s first national security and intelligence agency, while Fine Gael wants all projects worth more than €100m to be overseen by new Department of Infrastructure
Tech giant X challenges Ireland’s new online safety rules
Judicial review proceedings against media regulator Coimisiún na Meán initiated by Twitter International Unlimited Company
Extra HSE spending controls needed if measures to tackle overexpenditure do not work, warns board
Mounting concern in organisation at reputational damage if spending limits fail to achieve desired outcome
Services operated by tech companies TikTok, X and Meta ‘exposed to terrorist content’, media regulator finds
Coimisiún na Meán said that the three companies would have to take specific measures to protect their services from being used for the dissemination of terrorist content
Simon Harris and Donald Trump agree to ‘keep in touch’ in call covering Middle East and Ukraine conflicts
Taoiseach says he told US president-elect that the EU and the US need to work together on many issues
Broadcasters should not speculate on election outcome during polling day, media regulator warns
Coimisiún na Meán says it is ‘not appropriate for people involved with election interests to present programmes’ during campaign
Coimisiún na Meán could lose staff due to ‘negative work culture’, report warns
Regulator faces challenges in its relationship with department, Deloitte finds
New EirGrid chief to receive salary of €300,000 after Government agrees to raise
Minister for Public Expenditure Paschal Donohoe sets pay rate at €300,000 for new EirGrid CEO – €60,000 more than the Taoiseach earns
Decisions on pay rates for semi-State chiefs needed from next government
Government pay policy for senior management viewed as too restrictive by boards of commercial State bodies
‘A day of hope’: Irish hospital patients get access to ‘early phase’ cancer drugs
Patients with advanced cancer now able to participate in testing of potential new treatments previously available only abroad
Plans for €434m in health savings revised after new Government funding plan agreed during summer
Department of Health says that target is reset to €368m
Nurses say posts in cancer, palliative, paediatric and rehab care being left vacant due to recruitment restrictions
INMO members to commence ballot for industrial action on Monday in protest at employment ceiling introduced in the HSE
Senior public sector figures should have ‘confidence and courage’ to take risks, conference told
Association of Chief Executives of State Agencies (Acesa) hears greater collaboration between organisations will be needed
Consultants in RTÉ governance reviews paid more than €900,000
Department of Media says overall cost of reviews following controversy was €1,146,315