Public ethics watchdog rules out inquiry into Leo Varadkar’s leak of confidential document
Standards in Public Office Commission decides not to investigate, reaffirming earlier decision – quashed by High Court – despite internal divisions
‘Leo the leak’ affair still lingers five years on
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
McVerry trust law firm dismisses regulator’s questions about family connection
Lavelle Partners say Approved Housing Bodies Regulatory Authority wrong to state firm received almost €1.7m in McVerry fees
Christmas and the decline of Irish butchers: ‘We’d love to get these customers the other 51 weeks of the year’
Almost 600 sole trader butchers have closed in the past 20 years, with about 550 remaining, as the trade loses out to the rise of convenience stores and changing consumer habits
Row over a Tipperary land deal involving the council, a hotel and a property firm
Sale of hotel for €7.95m went ahead despite facility not complying with planning permission, breaching a requirement of the lease
Peter McVerry charity paid near €1.7m to law firm headed by brother of director, watchdog finds
Fees paid in 2022 and 2023 to Lavelle Solicitors, whose managing partner Michael Lavelle is a brother of McVerry director Richard Lavelle
Inspectors raise more questions about lax board oversight at McVerry Trust
Report for AHBRA points to ‘serious’ governance failings in charity
Inspectors reveal family link between McVerry Trust board member and law firm that earned €1.67m
Watchdog finds ‘serious failings in governance, financial management and conflict of interest handling’
Government will oppose Mercosur trade deal over threat to Irish farming interests
Farmers’ groups urge Micheál Martin and Simon Harris not to waver from their election stance on ‘sell-out’ pact
Sligo-Leitrim: Eamon Scanlon (FF)
Scanlon resigned whip in 2009 over moves by Fianna Fáil-led government to close breast cancer services in Sligo hospital
Sligo-Leitrim: Marian Harkin (Ind)
Independent defies a big drop in first-preference support to regain seat
Conor McGregor Inc: the fighter’s potential losses in the fallout from civil rape case are enormous
The potential losses for the mixed martial arts fighter, businessman and now Hollywood actor in the fallout from his civil rape case are enormous