Cost breakdown on €1.4m Government Buildings security hut revealed
Cost of metal roof likened to Donald Trump’s hair was €60,000, while pavilion structure cost €283,231
Government Buildings
Public faces State bureaucracy designed ‘around everyone but themselves’, Taoiseach says
Simon Harris tells Kennedy Summer School he has low tolerance of bureaucratic reasons for delay or inaction
Man accused of making false bomb threats to Oireachtas and Government Buildings sent forward for trial
Michael Murray (53) accused of making false reports giving rise to safety fears from Midlands Prison in Portlaoise
Security review of State buildings to be carried out after Dublin sites rammed
Man has been arrested on suspicion of crashing into the gates at Áras an Uachtaráin, Custom House and Government Buildings
Man (40s) arrested over ramming of Government buildings known to gardaí for previous offences
Social media posts including death threats were made in the hours before attacks and are being investigated
All is changed, changed utterly: Starmer’s Downing Street reign presents chance to rebuild old ties
Raw politics and national interests will always triumph, but there is a basis for new Labour PM to work well with Ireland and Europe
Green Party leadership pitches: social justice focus versus appeal to rural Ireland
Contenders Roderic O’Gorman and Pippa Hackett have emphasised different priorities for the future of the party
What kind of taoiseach will Simon Harris be? His record gives us some indication
Record from his 13-year Dáil term discloses a pragmatist with orthodox Fine Gael views on the economy
Leo Varadkar resignation: Fine Gael TDs ‘shocked’ and ‘surprised’ by announcement
Unexpected statement by Taoiseach ‘a bolt out of the blue’ for many of party’s elected officials
Two-thirds of political and media advisers recruited by Government are paid more than €100,000
The two most senior advisers earn between €185,000 and €195,000 a year, though both gift part of their salaries back to the State
Political adviser pay is linked to pay of senior grades in the Civil Service
Most advisers aren’t on highest levels of Civil Service pay and they have none of the job stability of a civil servant
The people behind the power: Who are Ireland’s political advisers and backroom experts?
A large staff network oversees everything: communication, policy and smooth Coalition relations
‘Political advisers are like poisoners: either famous or good at their job’
A short history of political advisers in Ireland, from the early 1990s to today
Policing of protests outside Leinster House incurred costs of €209,000 in year to November 22nd
Of 13 protests producing costs for the Garda, 12 took place between September and November
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