Consumers warned as health insurance premiums climb 10%
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Policyholders are being urged to check their coverage as health and motor insurance premiums rise together. The health sector recorded an average increase of more than 10% last year, while motor insurance rose by 4%. The trend arrives just as the National Transport Authority confirms that bus and rail fares will now be reviewed annually, with a deal in place to reverse previous 20% fare cuts by June.
The Health Service Executive is reportedly failing to collect millions of euro owed to it by pharmaceutical companies, while in local government, Mayo County Council is facing questions over its property portfolio. The council has been charging rent for land it cannot prove it actually owns.
The aftermath of Storm Boelo has left 18,000 people without power and yellow weather warnings in place nationwide. In the courts, gardaí are seeking help to identify a man whose body lay undiscovered for several days at a recycling plant in Clondalkin, while an investigation is underway in Cork following the death of a man in his 30s.