Public advertisements appear in the media in Ireland and Britain today for a new chief executive for the Rehab group.

A 40-day deadline set for a mammoth review of the Department of Justice is "ridiculously short" and belies the fundamental review needed, a leading expert has said.

Retired Aviva Ireland chief Sean Egan is the new chairman of the Rehab Group.

Around €140,000 a year will be paid to the next chief executive of the Rehab Group, a consultant who is reviewing the controversial charity has revealed.

Ousted Rehab bosses Angela Kerins and Frank Flannery have still not clarified if they will attend tomorrow’s showdown with the Dáil’s spending watchdog — despite the charity insisting it has learned its lesson on transparency.

The Rehab Group has admitted that its response to recent public and political demands has been "inadequate".

A common thread running through the litany of institutional failures at the CRC, Irish Water and the penalty points scandal was bad governance resulting in nobody being held responsible, according to public service expert Dr Eddie Molloy.

Teachers retiring at the end of February will walk away with average lump sum payments of €97,000, according to Department of Education figures.

MASSIVE pay increases awarded to bosses of semi-state companies were signed off on by the Fianna Fáil-led government as pay cuts were imposed on ordinary workers across the public and private sector.

OFFICIALS in the Department of Finance were “completely undermined” in relation to spending decisions when Charlie McCreevy was minister, according to his predecessor in the portfolio.

Munster are in pole position in the Under 21 Interprovincial championship and they will meet Ulster for the first of two times in a week at Thomond Park on Saturday (2.30pm).