Comment: Questioning trans rights is a hobby for power
‘To destroy the concept of motherhood: that is revolutionary.’ - Simone de Beauvoir
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Fianna Fáil senator didn’t declare directorship of family company she falsely claimed was dissolved
Fianna Fáil senator Erin McGreehan twice failed to declare her directorship of a family company she falsely claimed had been dissolved.
Comment: The Special Criminal Court: Outdated. Obsolete. Obscene
Imagine living in a country where the evidence of one senior police officer could be used to convict you of membership of an unlawful organisation before a criminal court without a jury.
Fianna Fáil minister won’t say why he paid €61,000 PR allowance to tax defaulter’s construction company
Fianna Fáil junior minister Niall Collins paid a construction company owned by a tax defaulter €61,000 in state funds – from an allowance for PR and training.
Robert Troy’s Fianna Fáil constituency colleague didn’t declare directorship of property company
Ex-junior minister Robert Troy’s constituency and party colleague failed to declare his directorship of a property company.
Fine Gael councillor didn’t declare ownership of company with 13 rental properties
Fine Gael councillor Ted Leddy failed to declare his ownership of 13 rental properties in Cavan and Dublin.
Fine Gael minister of state Josepha Madigan defaulted on investment property mortgage
Fine Gael junior minister Josepha Madigan defaulted on the mortgage of an investment property.
Fine Gael minister of state Josepha Madigan has never declared ownership of commercial property
Fine Gael minister of state Josepha Madigan has never declared her ownership of a commercial property since she was elected to the Dáil in 2016. TDs are required under ethics acts to declare their property interests annually. Madigan was required to declare her interest in this property even if it
Comment: On Paul Kehoe and political correctness
Let’s emancipate ourselves from political correctness.
State film agency gave 12 percent of Covid-19 fund to board member’s company
Screen Ireland gave almost 12 percent of its entire 2022 Covid-19 grant budget to a company owned by one of its own board members.
Ex-An Bord Pleanála deputy chair Hyde had relationship with senior inspector he ordered to change report
Ex-An Bord Pleanalála (ABP) deputy chairperson Paul Hyde was in a relationship with the senior planning inspector at the centre of one of the authority’s changed reports scandals.
Comment: An Bord Pleanála has become nothing more than a rubber stamp for developers
The received wisdom on An Bord Pleanála (ABP) used to be that it was a truly impartial decision-making body. And it largely was. Unlike many local authorities, the planning tribunals didn’t implicate ABP. It was a part of the planning system where brown envelopes were used only for sending post.