Senior Irish officials warn of declining influence in Europe as interest in careers in EU institutions drops off

Sipo has resolved for a second time not to investigate the leaking of a draft State contract with the Irish Medical Organisation when Varadkar was taoiseach

Questions raised about ‘unaccountable’ €2m funding for Secret Service in €104bn Appropriations Bill

Good work of charity for homeless not in doubt but ‘numerous key compliance and governance failures’ found by Charities Regulator

Public Accounts Committee hearing: Kerstin May resigned as UL chief last June and is on leave in new post as professor of visual culture

Value-for-money report also reveals Revenue assessment that retailer Dunnes Stores owed State more than €36 million was settled for €5 million

Interim chief executive at Peter McVerry Trust was paid €1,000 a day following resignation of previous CEO

Comptroller and Auditor General review suggests thousands who claimed pandemic payment were actually employed

Plan to re-introduce freight rail line to port of Foynes ‘identified a high level of noncompliance’ - report

It was initially envisaged such residential units would cost €200,000 each

UL’s €5.2m overpayment when buying 20 student homes in 2022 resulted in a ‘significant loss in value for money’, State’s spending watchdog finds

Development that originally had €148m budget could now cost €188m, report by C&AG suggests

Termination payment of €1.6m to outgoing staff member revealed in Comptroller and Auditor General report

It’s understood that the Coalition is to examine improvements to the existing collection system to deliver an increased level of funding being gathered

Rachel Kenny got severance after it was found she had ‘no case to answer’ in relation to conflict of interest claims

Considerable anger on Public Accounts Committee over State body’s failure to appear

The latest arrival on the RTÉ carousel is former KPMG chief Terence O’Rourke, with more accountants set to come to Montrose

Dáil’s spending watchdog also hears of payroll overpayments at the hospital of €288,513 in 2022

Report’s real value is in holding the massive amount of evidence on RTÉ scandal in single document

Auditors are watchdogs not bloodhounds, and the only guarantee would be a day out in the public eye for PAC members