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Seán Fleming

General Election

Austin Stack, whose father was killed by the IRA, to run as Fianna Fáil candidate in Laois

8 Nov 2024

13.7k

Dáil row

Dáil suspended after Fianna Fáil TD appears to accuse People Before Profit of being 'Putin's puppets'

29 May 2024

35.0k

Ploughing

World Ploughing Championships coming to Laois after Russia stripped of hosting duties

6 Sep 2022

38.3k

budet 2023

Proposal for new 30% tax band 'still on the table', but minister says it would be 'challenging'

Updated 15 Aug 2022

28.7k

Sorry now

'Not the view' of ministers that cost of living can be solved by switching suppliers - Taoiseach

Updated 8 Feb 2022

43.6k

126

Inflation

Junior minister tells people to tackle high cost of living by switching suppliers

Updated 7 Feb 2022

53.1k

135

ge 2020

Thousands of people who registered to vote may not be able to if election is held before 15 February

14 Jan 2020

19.8k

SUSI

Student grants: Barring orders will no longer be accepted as proof that parents are separated

5 Dec 2019

24.0k

cost overruns

Some contractor claims for new children's hospital not under board's control, committee to hear

27 Nov 2019

15.3k

Wages

'Gross mismanagement': NTA paying agency workers twice what it pays its own permanent staff

Updated 14 Nov 2019

35.9k

climate action

Ireland is 'buying' its way out of meeting its emission targets by spending €86.8m worth of carbon credits

13 Jun 2019

13.2k

Death and Taxes

Calls for naming and shaming of tax defaulters who do not pay their settlements

6 Dec 2018

18.8k

buying vs rent

State spent over €1m renting Brussels embassy last year, as PAC questions value-for-money

5 Dec 2018

10.8k

follow the money

'It's our job to question everyone': PAC says probe into president's spending was 'legitimate'

5 Dec 2018

8.2k

high worth individuals

New report shows that 83 of Ireland's wealthiest people pay lower rate of income tax than average worker

29 Sep 2018

25.9k

thieves on wheels

TD says people are 'scamming' the Cycle to Work scheme and selling bikes for profit

2 Sep 2018

39.4k

101

Corporation Tax

Apple and Google to be asked to appear before the PAC to explain their tax affairs

9 Nov 2017

8.2k

Under Pressure

New junior minister says Nóirín O'Sullivan 'may well have to resign'

24 Jun 2017

20.2k

Misleading information

University presidents showed 'arrogance' when questioned about financial misconduct, claims TD

26 May 2017

18.0k

KNUCKLES RAPPED

'We can't have every minister firing out statements willy-nilly': John Halligan asked to clarify criticism of PAC

13 Apr 2017

18.5k

Shot Down

Anger over calls for 50,000 deer to be culled in Wicklow

2 Apr 2017

33.9k

Explainer

'Shame on the Minister for Finance': What was that massive row in the Dáil all about last night?

30 Mar 2017

27.0k

Revenue

Less than half of this year's tax defaulters have paid up in full

20 Nov 2016

18.2k

constitutional issues

"It's not fair, it's not right, it's not good for politics" - John Halligan isn't happy with the party whip system

3 Jul 2016

13.1k

Water Charges

Fianna Fáil plan to replace Irish Water has €9.1m redundancy package for workers

13 Mar 2016

35.9k

101

snore

Is this the most boring constituency in Ireland?

16 Feb 2016

45.9k

Not holding back

WATCH: With the Dáil chamber nearly empty, Pearse Doherty lets rip

13 Oct 2015

28.6k

128

Irish Water

Joan needs new computers for the water grant... €630k more

12 Jun 2015

17.1k

siteserv review

'I'm horrified Irish taxpayers are being asked to write a blank cheque'

14 May 2015

42.1k

103

Not happy

Murphy calls on KPMG to remove itself from Siteserv probe

6 May 2015

18.7k

Ventriloquist Dummy

Dáil suspended after another MASSIVE row

30 Apr 2015

39.8k

Appointments

Government: Fianna Fáil is wrong, new state board rules WILL apply to Irish Water

26 Nov 2014

11.4k

Irish Water

Taoiseach denies misleading the Dáil over Irish Water bonus claims

16 Oct 2014

27.6k

178

people like him

Micheál's leadership "a non issue" say Fianna Fáil's three wise men

10 Oct 2014

5.8k

HSE ANGELS

HSE buys three Harley-Davidson motorcycles for €66k

13 Jun 2014

39.3k

153

budget 2015

Howlin: The HSE are going to live up to savings targets - they have to

13 Apr 2014

8.2k

To be Frank

Flannery to quit philanthropy body, accused of ‘metaphorically giving two fingers’ to PAC

11 Mar 2014

13.0k

unparliamentary

VIDEO: Dáil hears about 'three-day festival and orgy organised by the government'

5 Mar 2014

13.3k

top-ups

HSE accused of producing new information on live TV 'for dramatic effect'

13 Feb 2014

7.4k

Penalty Points

TDs divided on whether PAC should hear from garda whistleblowers publicly

24 Jan 2014

6.6k

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