Gordon Deegan
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CAO firm makes €1m pre-tax profit on back on college applications in 2025 - Privacy Policy - Western People (opens the original)
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Record numbers applying to the Central Applications Office (CAO) last year for third-level college places contributed to the company behind the CAO recording pre-tax profits of almost €1 million in 2025. New figures show pre-tax profits at the asset-rich Central Applications Office (Universities and other Higher Education Institutions) CLG last year increased by 27 per cent to €962,665. The Galway-based CAO is currently dealing with some of its busiest days of the year, with Leaving Cert student
14 GP practices each receive €1m+ in PCRS payments last year - Privacy Policy - Western People (opens the original)
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14 GP practices received over €1m in Primary Care Reimbursement Service (PCRS) payments last year from the HSE as overall PCRS payments to GPs reached almost €1 billion in 2025. The 2025 PCRS Statistical Analysis of Claims and Payments reports show that GPs received a record payout from the PCRS of €985.9 million, which was a 4pc increase on the €949.23m paid out in 2024. The total amount paid out by the PCRS last year totalled €4.7 billion, which also includes payments to pharmacists, dentists,
Judge likens solicitors’ legal aid action to firemen standing by during blaze - Privacy Policy - Western People (opens the original)
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A High Court judge has stated that solicitors refusing to act for defendants in the district court due to their criminal legal aid dispute “is akin to some firemen standing by and refusing to put out a few sparks because of a dispute over pay”. In the High Court, Judge Michael Twomey made the comment when refusing an application by counsel for a Michael Sherlock to reserve the costs of an unsuccessful application to open an Article 40 habeas corpus enquiry into the detention of Sherlock. Twomey
Griffith College's multi-million campus expansion plan gets council go-ahead - Privacy Policy - Western People (opens the original)
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Dublin City Council has approved plans to develop a multimillion-euro expansion of the Griffith College campus in Dublin. The planning authority has given the scheme the go-ahead after Griffith College scaled back its original proposals lodged earlier this year. In the scheme, the college is looking to adapt its existing campus at South Circular Rd, Dublin 8 “to allow for future student growth over the next decade” to increase from 7,000 students currently enrolled - 5,500 of whom attend the Dub
Irish Rail train control centre could run €57m over budget - Privacy Policy - Western People (opens the original)
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Irish Rail's National Train Control Centre (NTCC) project, which includes a new traffic management system, is now projected to come up to €57 million over budget. The projected overspend on the controversial project has drawn the attention of public spending watchdog Seamus McCarthy in his report attached to the National Transport Authority’s 2025 annual financial statements. The Comptroller and Auditor General, McCarthy, states that the original plan was that the whole project, including the ne
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