For the fourth year in a row, the Medical Council is attempting to increase the annual registration fee for doctors in Ireland. This latest increase will mean that doctors will have to pay €605 per annum — up 23% since 2012.

A firm owned by developer Johnny Ronan has won its High Court case aimed at ensuring the annual rent for the Medical Council’s new headquarters in Dublin does not fall below €820,000 although the market rent for the property is about €374,100.