Internal HSE audit finds payroll overpayments of €14.6m

FOLLOWING the implementation of an internal audit, the Irish Health Service Executive has discovered that it allocated over €14.6m in payroll overpayments at the end of 2023. Prior to that, the HSE wrote off €909,500 for the years 2023 and 2022. The results of the audit show that the main reasons given for overpayments in excess of €10,000 were as follows: employees not being … [Read more...] about Internal HSE audit finds payroll overpayments of €14.6m

THE row over speaking rights in the Dáil continues as opposition parties declared their intention to resist Government proposals to apportion regional independent TDs and its own backbenchers with speaking times. This issue reared its head at the beginning of the 34th Dáil and has proved a thorn in the side for the government ever since. A vote is scheduled for this afternoon … [Read more...] about Speaking rights row reignites in the Dáil

A NEW kitchen and café which is under construction at a Northern Irish prison is expected to bring employment opportunities for inmates once they are released. The project at Magilligan Prison, a medium security site located near Limavady in Co. Derry, will see a permanent kitchen and café space erected to replace an existing portacabin structure which has housed the prison’s … [Read more...] about Minister claims new kitchen and café for inmates is ‘essential investment for prison community’

A HOUSE PRICE report from Daft.ie has revealed that asking prices for houses and flats across Ireland has risen on average by 3.7% during the first quarter of 2025. Figures propose that a typical listing taken within the first three months of the year amounted to €346,048, 11.6% higher than the same period last year and 35% higher than pre-pandemic levels in 2020. The rate of … [Read more...] about Asking prices for homes in Ireland up by 3.7%

THREE men have been convicted of conspiracy to murder after shooting a rival as he stood in his kitchen at home. Brothers Stewart and Louis Ahearne, of no fixed address, and accomplice Daniel Kelly, who is also of no fixed address, were all found guilty as their trial came to a close at the Old Bailey in London yesterday (March 24). The jury heard that the three man had shot … [Read more...] about Three men who shot former cage fighter in his home convicted of conspiracy to murder