State agency Bord Bia last year paid more than €135,000 for “food costs” to a catering company directed by under-fire chairman Larry Murrin and owned by his wife.
Two multi-billion-euro weapons manufacturers are sponsoring a speaking event with EU commissioner for democracy, justice and rule of law Michael McGrath.
An internal Defence Forces document said one of the main reasons for Irish defence spending is maintaining foreign direct investment – and an Irish Examiner article used the document’s language, almost word for word, to argue for expanding the Irish military.
An Irish company insured a ship so it could deliver 440 tonnes of munitions to Israel last month.
The Department of Defence recruited a British Army colonel – who served in the occupation of the north of Ireland and invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan – to advise a state body tasked with reforming the Irish Defence Forces.
