The Department of Social Protection is being targeted with what could be a more than €100m damages claim by independent optometrists, who are challenging the amount the Government pays them for performing eye-tests under the Treatment Benefit Scheme.
A High Court judge has blasted a barrister for battering her former employer, financial software firm Ion Trading Ireland, with a “torrent of litigation” and engaging in an abuse of process.
More than 400,000 public servants may be asked to ballot on industrial action if the Government and unions fail to broker a multi-year pay deal at talks.