The head of the Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB) was investigated for allegedly failing to act on criminal intelligence information suggesting Athlone gardaí were committing serious crimes.
A Dublin maternity hospital hired a doctor who was suspended by a British medical tribunal after being convicted of assaulting his girlfriend and her friend, who had tried to stop him from drunk driving. The Coombe Hospital appointed Dr Christopher Morris as a locum consultant in the obstetrics and gynaecology
An ex-senior garda convicted of serious crimes gave key evidence in the trial of another garda – despite resigning from the force years earlier after he was questioned by detectives about his own crimes.
Unlawful HSE expenditure left the health service in a “precarious” and “exposed” position – according to a memo written by Departments of Health and Public Expenditure officials.
When I lived in Beijing for a year I came across some taxi drivers who tried to scam westerners. They had a simple trick.
Workers at a company that’s received a minimum of €200 million in state contracts over the last 12 years have brought a pay claim against the employer – accusing it of underpaying staff and poor working conditions.
Newly elected Limerick mayor John Moran is getting up to €15,000+ a month in rent from a co-living development he owns in the city.
An Aontú local election candidate received €10,000 to his personal bank account – he says on behalf of a residents’ association – in exchange for ending a blockade of a social housing development in north county Dublin.
An independent candidate for Offaly County Council endorsed by local TD Carol Nolan has been running a business on public land without planning permission.
A Fine Gael local election candidate and parliamentary assistant to ex-junior minister Damien English is in a battle with Meath County Council – which has served an enforcement notice on her and her husband for unlawfully building a “lodge” on their property without planning permission.
Fine Gael’s Marian Agrios entered into another agreement – separate from the two already reported by The Ditch – that compelled a property developer to increase a more than €100,000 package she got to withdraw a planning appeal.
An Irish Freedom Party European candidate uses a fake name to run a rent pressure zone Airbnb in a converted office space for almost €1,000 a week.