Transport Minister Darragh O’Brien said ANI charges for en-route services in Irish-controlled airspace through EUROCONTROL, the intergovernmental organisation that coordinates air control management across Europe.

The former Sinn Féin president was speaking ahead of the 20th anniversary of the end of the Provisional IRA’s armed struggle.

The Central Bank has projected that the Government will miss its own housing targets for the next three years, having also underdelivered in 2024.

A Sinn Féin TD has criticised the suggestion that the Government should influence the nomination of the chair of the influential scrutiny committee

The move to formally change the structure of the committee will go to the Dáil for approval next week

Mairead Farrell said the Government finds it ‘incredibly easy to squander taxpayers’ hard-earned money’.