The most frustrating aspect of the entire saga of how political expenses came to be classified as “private papers” has been the fact that this simpl...
The saga of politicians, their expenses and whether they should be considered “private papers” has been rumbling on for almost two years now. Unfort...
Nine former senior staff of the Health Service Executive were paid lump sums in excess of €400,000 when they retired from their jobs. The nine pensioners were a...
IRISH diplomats have shared almost one million euro in bonus payments because they are based at so-called “hardship” postings in foreign cities incl...
A SINN Féin TD is being paid an extra €16,000-a-year in unvouched tax-free expenses after she moved house following the general election. Louise O’Reilly ...
The Department of Justice asked for €5 million to cover the cost of security for the visit of US Vice President Joe Biden to Ireland. The money was sought in a ...
Former minister Ivor Callely claimed there was simply “a level of ambiguity” over fraudulent expense claims in a bizarre set of letters sent to auth...
The Central Bank was told to provide clarification on legal advice they had received that allowed them to pay up to half a million euro in top-ups to a select g...
TWELVE TDs are each being paid over €25,000 in travel expenses per year which includes a generous allowance for overnight accommodation, despite living a relati...
RECORDS of travel aboard the government jet and other state aircraft by the Irish President should be released publicly, according to the Office of the Commissi...
