{"id":243255,"date":"2026-01-14T00:58:21","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T00:58:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/243255\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T00:58:21","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T00:58:21","slug":"tone-deaf-and-detached-from-reality-government-grilled-over-pay-raises-for-semi-state-ceos-the-journal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/243255\/","title":{"rendered":"&#039;Tone-deaf and detached from reality&#039;: Government grilled over pay raises for semi-State CEOs &#8211; The Journal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMilAFBVV95cUxPQmZsLXpITjJlbnNjamxhRXdqZVRuNnZTSGN5RGRIZXloUDlxZ3Y3R0pLNld6NkdzSzMyX2M4TWI2Yk9KY3lXNUlvQXQxX2dqSW5OQ2k4OTdyd3FQN3dyeEVfWGFCbzhHMW5iazNKLWcyYkJJSGxmU2dKdVFYLTMxaU96Q3FRNWpwLVBzTFpwS2t2TW5F?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#8216;Tone-deaf and detached from reality&#8217;: Government grilled over pay raises for semi-State CEOs<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Journal<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipwFBVV95cUxNQktwSmdjSy13dFFKXzE2bXdLZmpObmFOdzFfNlBaejVNSklCU3VkNDdOZmhKby1za3ZJUmxhTXZKcFA1YVY3TW9HeG1QUWtYWS1VZ3oyQmVkdmo4SDZiUTVZRG16NkRmLVlubnRZNWFPZ09NSWVXNDlqYnJmWkpoeGZUZ2MtZXVIamwtR2MwUlg1cWV6bTRZaktrc2F5Wktram80YkR4RQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Taoiseach and McDonald clash over top salaries, including \u20ac75k hike for Irish Rail chief<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BreakingNews.ie<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi9AFBVV95cUxPSFFWdmEyTWFicjFyLXRVZEI0VWFPRkt6S2hLaE9YY1NfU2hnbTV0TzJ3NEduMk1oLW45TjU5MWhzdFF4XzFrNUNVSHctR2JZczJ3V3JjbU1IeUdwQ29xSVp0aHRpaVhBQWczaXlyaTlWaHpnczJTSnZ6Rnl3MnpyLXJ5dC1TbmQ4eGFERF94MW12LUYtQURfdVRyS3NoTUpXV0N0bVk5RW5XVFhIQ0dvRmppVjZEYVR2T3hMYkRaWGVPX040T08xNmVqUDZqMVZMb3Q4VW5SUEw3M1hGM0ZzNVI4czVXUmZ3UHp6ejAwYlNaRHli?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u2018Where is the fairness?\u2019 \u2013 Mary Lou McDonald criticises big pay hikes for semi-State CEOs on D\u00e1il&#8217;s first day back<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Irish Independent<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimgFBVV95cUxPUmJZeVpZYllINmtRQjlaUl9TMDh4aDc0UzJlOU4xMlJaU0lqcnlBbjNfMWlHcG0yOUJvVG1xSXYtOU85XzFXZF9DVFBqWEl1a2ZkLWpyaU4zY1BJcUJ1enNpWjdscHpLVFBrVGNpcGs1ajVINm9PTWt5SkFQSmp4bUg1TXBiQTAwS09fSVVFNWdIMzludEtFcEl3?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Is public sector pay catching up with the private sector?<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Newstalk<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi1gFBVV95cUxOMHhmQVY5cUxBaXBtNDFQeFp3bXFYSjl5TnFIR0lKckNvMTZCdFlLaDVKVmdOUjFoSEJNb2NKR0ZXZ0ZRTDhiT2FqSUxSaEdGcjIyaEZKNkQ5bFFad0lKTXBLMF9uQTFZUDhWWUg5VnE0SlAxekdmdDNpcmE1anBfcG8yNHdsWko1c1Btc09OaEoxWnNLYUU1Y2J0M05IOVQ1bnlBbmVjeWRlY1kxR3d2aEdRcmJZTDNsWnQtSFU3VmM2VUNRcEs2bDUzLTN6UHV0WjV6c1Nn?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ministers approve bumper salary hikes for top bosses, including one of more than 50pc<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Irish Independent<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#8216;Tone-deaf and detached from reality&#8217;: Government grilled over pay raises for semi-State CEOs&nbsp;&nbsp;The JournalTaoiseach and McDonald clash over&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":243256,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[27801,72,122867,84468,61,60,38051],"class_list":{"0":"post-243255","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business","8":"tag-bus-eireann","9":"tag-business","10":"tag-ceo-payouts","11":"tag-cie","12":"tag-ie","13":"tag-ireland","14":"tag-leaders"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=243255"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243255\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/243256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=243255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=243255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=243255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}