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Blackmail claims by former Inland Fisheries chief considered serious issues by department | BreakingNews (opens the original)
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Senior Department of the Environment officials considered claims that the then chief executive of Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) was being blackmailed by a senator to be very serious, an employment tribunal has heard. Denis Maher, who was head of the division in the department that oversaw IFI for 13 years until he retired in 2024, told the Workplace Relations Commission he agreed that Francis O’Donnell should bring his concerns to gardaí.
State paid millions to asylum seeker housing firms after cancelling contracts (opens the original)
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The State paid out âsubstantialâ sums in legal settlements â likely to run to several million euro â to potential providers of accommodation for asylum seekers after it cancelled precontract agreements following a change of policy. The Stateâs financial watchdog, the Comptroller and Auditor General, maintained that âno valueâ had been secured from the money paid out which represented âa substantial loss to taxpayersâ. Two other cases are still before the courts. The report says
Substantial sums paid to asylum seeker accommodation providers represented âno valueâ (opens the original)
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The State paid out âsubstantialâ sums in legal settlements to the providers of accommodation for asylum seekers after it cancelled precontract agreements, the State spending watchdog has said. A report from the Comptroller and Auditor General published on Wednesday said âno valueâ had been secured from the money paid out, which represented âa substantial loss to taxpayersâ. The report says precontract agreements entered into by the Department of Children in 2024 and early 2025 â wi
Additional cost-saving measures would significantly impact frontline services, Tusla warns | BreakingNews (opens the original)
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The introduction of additional cost-saving measures would “significantly impact frontline services” for the most vulnerable children in the State, the child and family agency Tusla will tell a Dáil committee. Tusla chief executive Kate Duggan is expected to tell the Committee of Public Accounts on Thursday that this year the agency will deliver value-for-money savings of about €112 million on its overall budget of €1.4 billion.
HSE financial âimbalanceâ at start of year contributed to problems, says chief executive (opens the original)
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The health service had âa significant underlying financial imbalanceâ entering this year, which has contributed to its serious financial difficulties, the HSE chief executive Anne OâConnor has told staff. In a Tuesday bulletin, she maintained this included âvery substantialâ savings earmarked originally for last year which were not delivered and were carried forward into 2026 along with a requirement to generate additional efficiencies. OâConnor told Health Service Executive personne
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