High Mileage Club 7: Darragh O’Brien's August 2022 diary supports less than half his driving expenses claim

Housing minister Darragh O’Brien won’t explain why his ministerial mileage claim for August 2022 isn’t supported by his official diary.

Ex-Independent News and Media editor demands Oireachtas record be changed in legal letter

Ex-Independent News and Media group-editor-in-chief Stephen Rae last month sent a legal letter to the Oireachtas after, it was claimed in a committee hearing, that he engages in SLAPPs – strategic lawsuits against public participation.

High Mileage Club 6: Niall Collins says he drove 2,000+ kilometres in one month in the middle of Covid-19

Fianna Fáil minister of state Niall Collins claimed he drove more than 2,000 kilometres for ministerial work in August 2020 – with the country five months into the Covid-19 pandemic and the Dáil on its summer break.

High Mileage Club 5: Fianna Fáil junior minister Thomas Byrne says 1,800-kilometre mileage claim is correct, won’t explain why diary doesn’t match up

Fianna Fáil junior minister Thomas Byrne has insisted one of his mileage claims is correct – despite his diary only accounting for a fraction of what he claimed.

Report: Irish parts used in Russian weapons

An international working group, in a report that highlights the importance of western technology to Vladimir Putin’s military, has identified Irish parts in Russian weapons used in the invasion of Ukraine.

High Mileage Club 4: Fianna Fail junior minister Seán Fleming doubles down on 8,000+ kilometres mileage claim for three months with Dáil in recess

Having claimed to have driven more than 8,000 kilometres in three months when the Dáil wasn’t sitting, Fianna Fáil junior minister Seán Fleming has denied submitting inaccurate ministerial driving expenses claims.

High Mileage Club 3: Fianna Fáil's Niall Collins won’t address second unusually high expenses claim

Fianna Fáil minister of state Niall Collins is refusing to address a second unusually high driving expenses claim – where he said he drove almost 3,000 kilometres in a month when the Dáil wasn’t sitting and his diary suggests just 170 kilometres of driving for ministerial work.

High Mileage Club 2: Minister Catherine Martin says incorrect mileage claim has been 'rectified'

Green party minister arts minister Catherine Martin says her unusually high, tax-free, ministerial driving expenses claim for August 2021, a month when the Dáil wasn’t sitting and her diary showed only a handful of ministerial engagements, has been "rectified".

High Mileage Club 1: Niall Collins won’t address mileage claim that doesn’t reflect official diary – and suggests he drove twice as much as a taxi driver while Dáil in recess

Fianna Fáil junior minister Niall Collins won’t explain his inordinately high tax-free ministerial driving expenses claim for August 2022 – when the Dáil was in recess and his diary showed few ministerial engagements.

Fianna Fáil minister ignored serious industry concerns when appointing party diehard to state board

Fianna Fáil junior minister James Browne appointed a party loyalist and constituency ally to a €400-a-meeting state firearms board despite serious concerns raised by the man’s industry colleagues.

Businessman who sold HSE €3 million+ of unusable hand sanitiser made at least €1.4 million on deal

The businessman who sold the HSE more than €3 million of unusable hand sanitiser during the Covid-19 pandemic made a profit of at least €1.4 million on the deal.

Comment: Sinn Féin wants to change who manages the country – not how it’s managed

In the summer of 2021 I visited the Sinn Féin Bookshop and bought the issue of An Phoblacht commemorating the 40th anniversary of the 1981 Irish republican hunger strikes.