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Politicians' Expenses
oireachtas costs
Special advisers to Government ministers' earn over €4.5 million in salaries
15 Jan 2021
36.1k
90
Dublin
Two teenage boys stabbed in Lucan
12 Dec 2020
51.1k
9
gaelscoileanna
Opinion: This Seachtain na Gaeilge, we should celebrate the rise of the Gaelscoil Generation
Daithí de Buitléir
4 Mar 2020
15.9k
94
Dáil Expenses
Taoiseach says he's spoken to TD Dara Murphy about the controversy over his Dáil expenses
3 Dec 2019
28.7k
47
Political Parties
Dáil parties got €7.63m in expenses last year - with Fianna Fáil taking the biggest slice
12 Jul 2018
15.2k
49
Washington
St Patrick's Day flights for Taoiseach's entourage cost €37,334
17 May 2016
29.5k
135
barrett and kitt
Outgoing Dáil Chairmen paid €17,626 in February and March, despite overseeing just four hours of debate
14 May 2016
20.0k
55
Settling in
TDs claimed more than €500,000 in expenses during March - despite only sitting twice
14 May 2016
57.5k
112
Controversy
Manny Pacquiao apologises after comments that gay couples are 'worse than animals'
16 Feb 2016
54.6k
153
public purse
Ministers don't have to explain most of their €1.4 million personal expenses
20 Jul 2015
39.2k
194
flying the swag
Government has spent €700,000 sending Ministers abroad for St Patrick's Day since 2011
16 Mar 2015
13.6k
82
Allowances
Senators received nearly €2 million in expenses in 2012
2 Feb 2013
5.5k
47
Allowances
TDs receive €7.2m travel and office allowances for 2012
1 Feb 2013
17.7k
164
Australia
230 Irish expected to gain Australian citizenship tomorrow
25 Jan 2013
11.1k
48
Money Money Money
In numbers: How much would we save by abolishing the Seanad?
20 Jan 2013
14.6k
82
political allowances
Budget 2013: Unvouched expenses will end, but 95 politicians will receive more
5 Dec 2012
10.8k
58
Leaders' Questions
Taoiseach defends ministerial tax breaks for second Dublin homes
28 Nov 2012
8.0k
97
Travel allowances
Oireachtas questioning legal advice about use of travel expenses
23 Oct 2012
5.1k
22
Allowances
Review could see TDs recommend cuts to their own allowances
20 Oct 2012
4.5k
30
Allowances
Oireachtas members paid €764k allowances for month without sittings
1 Oct 2012
6.9k
70
horny
Annoying Viral Campaign of the Day
18 Sep 2012
6.6k
26
Read Me
Column: It’s not just sandal wearing hippies who grow and eat organic food
Grace Maher
16 Sep 2012
317
26
London 2012
In pictures: Art in the Olympic Park
6 Aug 2012
4.8k
1
Expenses
Taoiseach makes switch to vouched expenses – costing us extra €8k this year
10 Jun 2012
5.6k
34
Politicians' Expenses
One-third of TDs return €210k in unused expenses for 2011
7 Jun 2012
3.1k
34
Transparency
Change to TDs’ expenses reduces chance of similar phone expenses exposé
27 Apr 2012
5.1k
19
30 for 30
Sports film of the week: The Two Escobars
15 Apr 2012
994
4
Honour code
Here's why you can't view a TD's 'vouched' expenses receipts
14 Apr 2012
6.7k
27
Expenses
Oireachtas committee to scrutinise TDs' new expenses regime
13 Apr 2012
2.6k
30
Opinion
Column: Our politicians are overpaid. It’s time they rejoined the real world.
Aaron McKenna
29 Mar 2012
383
65
political storms
6 politicians who have got in hot water and 2 who escaped unscathed (maybe)
28 Mar 2012
5.1k
7
Inkgate
Sinn Féin TD urged to ‘come clean’ over €50,000 use of Dáil printer cartridges
28 Feb 2012
20.9k
266
Expenses
New rules may allow independent TDs to be paid twice for same expenses
13 Feb 2012
7.8k
80
Good Morning
The 9 at 9
The nine stories you need to know this morning, including: more trouble for Ivor Callely, the big Six Nations freeze, and Whitney Houston dies at 48
12 Feb 2012
9.6k
11
Ivor Callely
Callely arrested in probe over mobile phone receipts
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