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INTERNAL AUDIT

HSE made salary overpayments of €14.7m at the end of 2023

25 Mar

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The Morning Lead

Dublin City Council's costs overran by almost €40 million on four housing projects

‘These were the rapid-builds that weren’t so rapid and cost a fortune,’ one local councillor told The Journal..

Eoghan Dalton

16 Jan

23.4k

Audit

Audit: National Ambulance Service has insufficient funding and staff to manage its vehicle fleet

17 Dec 2024

7.5k

Audit

Children's hospitals performed almost 200 surgeries below target on children with spinal issues

11 Dec 2024

6.3k

The Morning Lead

Quango paid consultant €235k over five years for two jobs despite conflict of interest risk

The state spending watchdog said some consultancy fees paid by the Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council were excessive.

The excessive fees for one of the roles were not sanctioned by the Department of Public Expenditure.

The potential conflict of interest was acknowledged by the organisation - but not resolved for several years.

6 Oct 2024

15.5k

critical care

Plans announced for 3,000 hospital beds amid warning Ireland is 'miles away' from meeting ICU demand

Updated 29 May 2024

15.6k

The Morning Lead

County council spent millions on road projects without a tender process, report says

21 Mar 2023

35.0k

Audit

French football president Le Graet under investigation for sexual harassment

17 Jan 2023

2.3k

Waterford

Council criticised by auditor for not recovering €700k bill for clearing ex-mayor's landfill

9 Dec 2022

37.0k

Audit

National audit of CAMHS services to be carried out, Minister confirms

21 Apr 2022

7.6k

mayo county council

Council pays back over €1.2m in funding after audit finds money drawn down before work done

24 Jan 2022

23.2k

Audit

HSE warned at start of pandemic that it 'may not receive' quantities of PPE it had paid for

6 Nov 2021

26.6k

financial cost

Domestic violence costs Irish victims €113,000 over more than 20 years – study

14 Jul 2021

8.0k

Audit

Data regulator to conduct audit of every Irish political party

20 May 2021

7.1k

INTERNAL AUDIT

Audit finds some gardaí paid for being in two different places at same time

4 Mar 2021

43.9k

decriminalisation

Q&A: Here's where Ireland's political parties stand on drugs ahead of GE2020

7 Feb 2020

23.1k

ge2020

Q&A: Here's where Ireland's parties stand on women's healthcare ahead of the election

7 Feb 2020

7.9k

ge2020

Q&A: Here's where Ireland's political parties stand on agriculture ahead of GE2020

3 Feb 2020

9.8k

ge2020 audit

Q+A: Here's where Ireland's political parties stand on insurance ahead of GE2020

2 Feb 2020

20.2k

Expenses claims

Six TDs and senators forced to refund €10,000 in expenses

10 Oct 2019

68.3k

112

aras 18

Here's what the presidential candidates think about Trump, Brexit and the Eighth Amendment

17 Oct 2018

33.2k

Say nothing

'Silence means survival': Groundbreaking garda audit finds culture of fear within the force

4 May 2018

20.1k

Collapse

UK watchdog to investigate KPMG audits of collapsed building firm

29 Jan 2018

12.3k

slagging match

Here are all the tweets Liam Gallagher should definitely delete now that he's back on good terms with Noel

21 Dec 2017

13.2k

Mental Health

Litter, cigarette butts and cut hair observed on the floor of adult psychiatric unit

2 Sep 2017

9.3k

Childcare

Childcare payments may differ from county to county after creche fee audit

4 Aug 2017

13.4k

follow the money

'It's like we're in an episode of Father Ted': Top civil servants contradict each other when questioned

31 May 2017

43.9k

Audit

Most Irish food businesses aren't giving allergen details and some are even giving incorrect information

3 May 2017

6.3k

Loophole

Donald Trump called out Warren Buffett on Sunday. The wily old billionaire has hit back

11 Oct 2016

40.3k

Audit

Concerns raised over Garda handling of drugs and cash

31 Jul 2016

26.4k

suicide charity

“This is not an organisation that we controlled" - HSE defends its record after Console controversy

13 Jul 2016

9.7k

console

Harris to meet HSE over "harrowing" Console audit

4 Jul 2016

12.2k

Charities

Appeal to HSE to ensure Console services are secured in wake of controversy

3 Jul 2016

24.5k

Audit

Here's what almost half a million euro from 11 Console credit cards was spent on

28 Jun 2016

111k

193

potholes

Are your local roads in a state? You're not alone

28 Dec 2015

14.5k

protected disclosure

'Alarm bells are ringing' over a Central Bank whistleblower's allegations

10 Dec 2015

41.9k

119

Signed Up

Exactly 422,455 households have not registered with Irish Water

29 Sep 2015

17.4k

208

causes

Why were 75% of unexplained deaths in mental health services not reported correctly?

30 Sep 2014

3.4k

Careful Now

Self-employed contractors are underpaying millions in tax

13 Jun 2014

19.4k

Resources

Audit of PE facilities in schools "crucial" to tackling obesity

13 May 2014

4.3k

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