MetroLink paid €80m for prime Dublin city site. But was the deal necessary?

State spends up to €80m acquiring half of controversial derelict ‘Carlton’ site

9th, July 2026, 05:00pm

Uisce Éireann hit with €31m penalty over leaks and bad debts

Social Democrat TD Aidan Farrelly asks how company can pay €18m in bonuses while being fined by regulator

9th, July 2026, 05:00pm

Uisce Éireann hit with €31m penalty for missing performance targets

Social Democrat TD Aidan Farrelly asks how company can pay €18m in bonuses while being fined by regulator

9th, July 2026, 05:00pm

State purchase of O’Connell Street site for MetroLink part of €725m pre-construction spend

Metrolink

9th, July 2026, 05:00pm

What’s going on with the purchase of a prime Dublin city centre site for MetroLink?

State spends up to €80m acquiring half of controversial derelict ‘Carlton’ site

9th, July 2026, 05:00pm

State will have spent €725m on MetroLink before construction begins

UK property group Hammerson sells beleaguered central Dublin development to State as part of €80m divestment

9th, July 2026, 05:00pm

‘A national phenomenon’: Behind the ‘chess boom’ and the push to become Ireland’s newest sport

As the chess boom takes hold, getting official recognition as a sport will unlock funding, says the Irish Chess Union

9th, July 2026, 05:00pm

Inside Ireland’s chess boom: The ‘national phenomenon’ that is still not recognised as a sport

As the chess boom takes hold, getting official recognition as a sport will unlock funding, says the Irish Chess Union

9th, July 2026, 05:00pm

‘It would leave me open to identity theft’: Artists express fears over new rules for basic income grant

PPS numbers of recipients for arts income scheme will be publicly available under new EU rules

9th, July 2026, 05:00pm

Nationwide manhunt under way amid murder inquiry into Killarney death

Jamey Carney (43) moved from US to Killarney in 2021 and befriended man (20s) gardaí now trying to locate

9th, July 2026, 05:00pm