THE majority of a €19 million fund allocated to cut waiting lists for scoliosis surgeries was spent “far more broadly” by Children’s Health Ireland, Health Minister Stephen Donnelly has revealed. T…

RTÉ has offered to give the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) a summary of a note detailing the crucial meeting between Ryan Tubridy’s agent and former stati...

New RTÉ chair Terence O’Rourke was involved in the recruitment process that led to the appointment of Kevin Bakhurst as director general last year, the Sun...

A Fine Gael senator who described free legal aid fees paid to barristers as “embarrassing” has received more than €175,000 under the scheme over the last t...

A consultant radiologist who was suspended by University Hospital Kerry (UHK) before Christmas is expected to return to his post following a meeting with m...

The top civil servant in Media Minister Catherine Martin’s department who was a key figure in the controversy that led to the resignation of RTÉ board chai...

The case arises out of her treatment at a 2014 Public Accounts Committee amid controversy over her €240,000 salary

RTÉ broadcaster, podcaster and social media influencer Doireann Garrihy was paid an undisclosed sum to chair a Dáil conference on participation in politics...

A second social worker, who was a team leader in the case, was suspended from the social workers' register over her failures related to the same case

Arts minister Catherine Martin says the matter has "been rectified" after being questioned by The Ditch.

An MoS analysis of the underlying figures revealed in the review suggests the scam could have cost the State more than €20m in recent years.

A family who had to take on the State to secure proper special needs education have gone public to demand accountability after learning a secret health dossier had been unlawfully kept on them.

The planning appeals board, An Bord Pleanála, is to carry out a review of appeals submitted by serial objector John Callaghan.

Minister for Justice Helen McEntee has refused to comment on the criticism of Garda Commission Drew Harris after he said the public didn't know the full ma...

The judge’s comments will put even more pressure on Mr Harris in the wake of an overwhelming vote of no confidence in him by the 12,000-strong rank-and-file Garda Representative Association late last...

The Government has launched an unprecedented interrogation of governance at RTÉ, as the scandal over Ryan Tubridy’s undisclosed pay yesterday widened to in...

500,000 people are waiting for outpatient consultations and around 85,000 waiting for procedures.

The criminal investigation into financial irregularities at the garda college has the potential to turn into one of the most serious controversies involvin...

Simon Harris may be on the cusp of becoming the youngest ever taoiseach but he has no shortage of political experience. His first cabinet job was as minist...

SIPO ignored its own procedures to decide against pursuing a complaint against Micheál Martin.

"Myself and the Taoiseach would have probably been in Trinity around the same time but we view the country very differently" - Emmet Kirwan on Leo Varadkar a...

The Data Protection Commission (DPC) has fined the Department of Health €22,500 for the “excessive and disproportionate” eliciting of sensitive personal de...

The HSE is to resume an investigation into the alleged rape and abuse of nursing home residents by a former health care assistant suspected of being among ...

The HSE’s National Investigation Unit (NIU) has opened 90 formal inquiries into workplace bullying, sexual harassment and harassment since January 2022.

Fees paid by the Government to the five biggest management consulting firms over the past five years topped €800m, analysis by the Sunday Independent has r...

Robert Watt, the Government’s highest-paid civil servant, is facing an inquiry by the ethics watchdog for making allegedly false claims about a whistleblow...

A HSE recruitment freeze was in place from October to July, but certain roles were exempt.

A woman who was penalised after making protected disclosures alleging financial "profligacy" by the youth charity she worked for has been awarded €75,000 by the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC).

A garda was suspended for three years after he provided an elderly, isolated man with an unclaimed bicycle for transport during the pandemic.

Geraldine Feeney has previously lobbied the government on behalf of the now-defunct National Association of GPs. 

The consequences of revealing wrongdoing can be personally, professionally and financially ruinous, and while Irish legislation on protecting whistleblowers was recently updated, concerns remain that...

WATER service workers are planning a protest at their union’s headquarters at Liberty Hall next week in a row over the transfer of 3,000 staff to Irish Wat...

That is according to the 2022 HSE annual report which shows that eight HSE staff received between €500,000 and €980,000 in pay last year.

The whistleblower at the centre of security screening claims at Dublin Airport was threatened with disciplinary procedures over a comment he made comparing...

The doctor whose actions helped bring to light the South Kerry children’s mental health service medication scandal is suing the HSE over the way he was all...

Ireland is "possibly the worst performing health system in the Northern Hemisphere", according to the former HSE Director of Digital Transformation.