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Craig Hughes

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Oct 1, 2026
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  1. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · Craig Hughes

    LNG plant which may never be built will cost taxpayers 85 MILLION euro (opens the original)

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    The first phase of a controversial LNG plant will cost households and businesses up to €85million through ‘customer tariffs’ – even if it is never built, the Irish Daily Mail can reveal. The proposed Liquefied Natural Gas terminal at Cahiracon, Co. Clare, billed as an ‘emergency’ reserve, has caused a storm with critics, who say it will carry imported fracked gas from the US, which studies show can be worse for the climate in the short term than burning coal. And now the Government is facing acc

  2. Article · Sep 17, 2026 · Craig Hughes

    HSE owed 200million euro as consultants fail to sign forms (opens the original)

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    The HSE is writing off millions of euro in insurance claims because they are not being processed on time, with €200million outstanding for treatment of private patients. Delays in processing claims – including a failure by consultants to sign off on paperwork – is resulting in millions of euro in debt being written off by cash-strapped hospitals each year. The Dáil’s Public Accounts Committee was told yesterday that at the end of last year the level of ‘private health insurer debt outstanding wa

  3. Article · Sep 16, 2026 · Craig Hughes

    Pictures emerge of gardaí rescuing TD moments after attack in his car (opens the original)

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    INDEPENDENT TD Michael Healy-Rae was hospitalised after a ‘totally unprovoked’ assault while stopped in traffic. Mr Healy-Rae was sitting in his car near the Coombe area of Dublin’s south inner city when a man allegedly approached the car and started punching him through the open window. Gardaí arrived at the scene and moved Mr Healy-Rae into a Garda vehicle which took him to nearby Kevin Street Garda Station, before an ambulance took him to St Vincent’s Hospital for treatment. The Mail understa

  4. Article · Sep 16, 2026 · Craig Hughes

    Minister claims THIS is why ESB boss deserves €480k pay deal (opens the original)

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    ENERGY MINISTER Darragh O’Brien has defended signing off on a €480,000 salary for ESB boss Paddy Hayes, describing him as an ‘exceptional person’. The Irish Daily Mail revealed yesterday that the pay deal for Mr Hayes will see his salary jump to €480,000 by June 2028 if performance targets are met – almost €162,000 higher than it was earlier this year. Mr O’Brien defended the pay deal when questioned by the Mail yesterday, insisting: ‘The chief executive of ESB is an exceptional person, manages

  5. Article · Sep 15, 2026 · Craig Hughes

    Salary deal uncovered that would net ESB boss this eye-watering figure (opens the original)

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    A NEW pay deal for the ESB’s boss will see his salary increase to €480,000 by 2028 if performance targets are met – almost €162,000 higher than it was earlier this year, the Irish Daily Mail can reveal. The Government signed off on a €91,917 pay increase for Paddy Hayes in July which saw his pay increase from €318,083 to €410,000, after recession-era constraints on top-level pay at semi-State bodies were eased last year. However, documents containing the confidential information seen by the Iris

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