Varadkar assured SIPO procedures were in place for illegal donations – despite accepting two over legal limit

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar assured SIPO that he had internal procedures in place to avoid political donations over the legal threshold – despite previously accepting at least two such payments.

SIPO investigating electronic payments to Leo Varadkar and why taoiseach didn’t publicly declare donations

SIPO is investigating electronic payments to Leo Varadkar and his explanation as to why he hasn’t declared them in his annual declaration of donations.

SIPO opens Varadkar probe after he misled earlier inquiry into undeclared donations

SIPO has opened an inquiry into undeclared donations received by taoiseach Leo Varadkar after it emerged he misled the commission during a 2019 probe.

Enda Kenny, Richard Bruton, Eamon Gilmore took credit for almost 100 bogus jobs – in one announcement

Ex-taoiseach Enda Kenny, ex-jobs minister Richard Bruton and ex-tánaiste Eamon Gilmore took credit for almost 100 bogus jobs, which were to supposedly be delivered by a controversial, discontinued IDA scheme, in one 2013 announcement.

IDA tried to argue publishing number of jobs actually created by much-touted scheme would harm the state

The IDA tried to block the release of the number of jobs created by a much-touted government scheme and tried to argue that publishing the figures would hurt the state.

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.