Posts may be a bit more sporadic from me today as my kids are home from school because my city is being brutalized by the federal government to the extent that it's unsafe for schools to be open

Committee urges minister to extend payment scheme for healthcare workers with long covid www.irishexaminer.com/news/politic...

Cork nurse suffering from long covid could lose home as payment ends www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster...

HSE to ditch plans for residential mental health facility at isolated Cork hospital www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster...

Hostile states may target Ireland during EU presidency, cybersecurity experts warn www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...

A remarkable end to a case I first covered four years ago... Planning board drops defence of case taken against granting of permission to build telecommunications mast www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...

No sponsor to build €70m science museum www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...

Landlords issue 5,400 eviction notices as rent rules face fresh scrutiny www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...

Arts Council's botched €6.5m IT project leaves 'accountability' issues still unresolved www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...

Greyhound racing 'very dependent' on State funding for prize money, minister's report finds www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...

'No justification' for State data-collection powers in proposed bill, say experts www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...

Concern over rise in number of private residential centres for people living with intellectual disability www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...

Some fairly jawdropping stuff coming out at an all-day session of the PAC today re the PeterMcVerry debacle... Former CEO of Peter McVerry Trust spent €350k on driveway and peacock enclosure, PAC told www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...

CEO insists Uisce Éireann is 'value for money' after State body paid €13.m in bonuses last year www.irishexaminer.com/news/politic...

The idea that Ireland has ever "gold plated" the transposition of EU Environmental law, is causing a lot of people in my world to chortle manically.

Fianna Fail refuses to say how much was paid to Ivan Yates for media training for Niall Collins www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...

Remind me again what party Ivan Yates was a Minister for?

April: If we don’t get Housing right in seven months, we’re screwed. November: Housing crisis here until 2040.

Data Protection Commission beware: Poachers aren't always the best gamekeepers www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...

'Significant progress' made in National Children’s Hospital's internal controls, State body claims www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...

This appointment earlier this month slipped broadly under the radar. It's likely it would have caused a furore even two or three years back... Department 'fully satisfied' with appointment of ex-Meta lobbyist to Data Protection Commission www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...

Department 'getting better value now' on accommodation for asylum seekers, PAC told www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...

'Outrage' as former tech giant lobbyist appointed to Data Protection Commission www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...

Regulator 'in contact with several online platforms' over Citywest rioting www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...

More credit cards than you could eat, and an uninsured car crash that cost €230,000, to name just two issues raised... Audit reveals 'deficiencies in internal control' at IFI www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...

Word of this overspend wasn't given in advance to the PAC, meaning the officials in attendance were caught cold when confronted with it... Likely not the last you'll hear of it Beaumont hospital went €2.9m overbudget implementing new payroll system www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...

Kildare the most expensive county to house international protection applicants at €92 per night www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...

Tusla chief says agency found 'no child protection concerns' around disappearance of Daniel Aruebose www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...

Businessman in dispute with HSE over faulty ventilators wins contract for Galway hydro turbine project www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...

Cost of televising Oireachtas proceedings went over budget by €1.5m last year, PAC told www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...

Consultants earning more than €350k more than doubled over year www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...

Competency' of State bodies questioned after almost double the contract value spent on IT project www.irishexaminer.com/news/politic...

Grok is being sent to the reeducation camp

Sweet suffering Jesus

'I am living proof' of hope after homelessness says Focus Ireland worker www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...

Vulnerable people in the North or near the Border warned of phone alert test irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41698874.html

Hot school meals mess needs a rational solution www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...

We had a horrific emergency involving our kids today and right now I'm just sitting at my computer in a daze and in shock. Thankfully they are okay but others are less fortunate.

Somebody's soundchecking Acquiesce...

Whistleblower told covid inquiry will not take on board protected disclosures www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...

Trump’s global tariff agenda puts Ireland’s pharmaceutical industry at serious risk www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...

Capel St stabbing: How misinformation spread across social media www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...

Garda describes 'significant concerns' regarding surgeon arrested for drink-driving www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...

What else can they accuse Obama of? Capital murder?

i entered last week very skeptical about Epstein conspiracy theories and now I'm wondering if Trump personally walked into the jail and killed him

TD asks why civil service did not notice €1.4m payment gap in just 19 employees' pensions www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...

Government’s appeal of fine over Public Services Card a 'waste of taxpayer’s money', says expert www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...

'Hard to envisage' why State agencies disagree on postmasters' employment status, report finds www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...

Here we go again... Department takes legal action against DPC over order to cease processing Public Services Card biometric data www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...