Mícheál Ó Scannáil
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FAI boss says cost of not playing Israel would have been €10m (opens the original)
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The cost of not fulfilling Nations League fixtures against Israel would have been more than 10 million euro, the Football Association of Ireland (FAI) has said. The FAI had been criticised for not setting out exactly what the repercussions for not playing Israel would be, but the association said these were not known because sanctions were chosen by a separate body to Uefa. FAI chief executive David Courell told the Oireachtas Sport Committee on Wednesday that there were three tiers of sanctions
'Shambolic, arrogant, incompetent' - TD calls on FAI CEO and board to resign (opens the original)
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The board and CEO of the Football Association of Ireland (FAI) should resign over its “shambolic, arrogant, and incompetent” dealing with the Irish team’s fixtures against Israel, according to People Before Profit-Solidarity TD Ruth Coppinger. The Republic of Ireland were 3-0 winners over Israel at the Nagyerdei Stadium in Debrecen, Hungary, on on Sunday, in the first of two highly contentious games between the sides. They are to play again this Sunday in the TSC Arena in Bačka Topola, Serbia. T
Charity pleads for budget funding as homelessness numbers continue to spiral (opens the original)
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Charities cannot understand how homelessness has been ignored in the last two budgets, according to Simon Communities of Ireland, as figures released on Friday revealed the number of people who are homeless continues to spiral. There were 17,885 people in emergency accommodation in August compared to 17,527 in July, according to the Department of Housing’s official figures. Of those people, 12,055 were adults, up 187 on the previous month, and the first time the figure has surpassed 12,000. A to
HSE hit with bill for Covid vaccines that can't be used and a bill to dump them (opens the original)
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The HSE incurred charges of 8.4 million euro for Covid vaccines in 2025 that had reached their expiry dates or were determined to no longer be clinically suitable for use, along with 1.5 million euro for stocks of legacy and obsolete PPE. A further 6.7 million euro was incurred by HSE in 2025 to dispose of this obsolete stock, Cathaoirleach John Brady told the Public Accounts Committee on Thursday. The HSE had a total expenditure of 30.4 billion euro last year, up 7% from 28.3 billion euro in 20
Nursing Homes Ireland issues warning about nation's ageing population (opens the original)
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Ireland is running out of time to prepare for an ageing population, according to Nursing Homes Ireland (NHI). The Taoiseach needs to immediately enter dialogue on the issue, the representative body said. The population aged 85 and over will grow by 162 per cent by 2045, while more than one million people will be aged over 65 by the end of this decade, according to Department of Health projections. "Ireland is sleepwalking into one of the biggest social and healthcare challenges in its history,"
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