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Cianan Brennan

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Arts Council's botched €6.5m IT project leaves 'accountability' issues still unresolved

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Arts Council's botched €6.5m IT project leaves 'accountability' issues still unresolved

Dáil Public Accounts Committee’s review of the project to install a single IT interface for the Arts Council pulled before it was delivered in 2022, noted problems with 'governance, performance measur...

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November 26, 2025 at 11:44 AM

Cianan Brennan

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Greyhound racing 'very dependent' on State funding for prize money, minister's report finds

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Greyhound racing 'very dependent' on State funding for prize money, minister's report finds

Under the terms of the fund for 2025, greyhound racing can allocate a maximum of 60% of its State funding towards prize money, and horseracing can use up to 80%

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November 26, 2025 at 11:43 AM

Cianan Brennan

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'No justification' for State data-collection powers in proposed bill, say experts

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'No justification' for State data-collection powers in proposed bill, say experts

The National Cyber Security Bill will also give “extremely wide” internet-blocking powers to the State's cyber security unit if passed, the director of Digital Rights Ireland has warned.

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November 25, 2025 at 2:42 PM

Cianan Brennan

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Concern over rise in number of private residential centres for people living with intellectual disability

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Concern over rise in number of private residential centres for people living with intellectual disability

The figures, released to Social Democrats TD for Cork East Liam Quaide, indicated that the reliance on the private sector to care for some of the most vulnerable people in society is growing.

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November 25, 2025 at 2:41 PM

Cianan Brennan

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Some fairly jawdropping stuff coming out at an all-day session of the PAC today re the PeterMcVerry debacle...

Former CEO of Peter McVerry Trust spent €350k on driveway and peacock enclosure, PAC told

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Former CEO of Peter McVerry Trust spent €350k on driveway and peacock enclosure, PAC told

The Oireachtas committee heard that two of the trust's bank accounts had been almost emptied of roughly €1.5m, with that money going to two companies, one of which Pat Doyle had planned to work once h...

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November 20, 2025 at 11:53 AM

Cianan Brennan

@ciananbrennan.bsky.social

CEO insists Uisce Éireann is 'value for money' after State body paid €13.m in bonuses last year

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CEO insists Uisce Éireann is 'value for money' after State body paid €13.m in bonuses last year

'I would say that we definitely deliver good services around the country,' chief executive Niall Gleeson told the Public Accounts Committee

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November 6, 2025 at 5:24 PM

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Fred Logue

@fplogue.bsky.social

The idea that Ireland has ever "gold plated" the transposition of EU Environmental law, is causing a lot of people in my world to chortle manically.

Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 23d

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Micheál Martin says house building in Ireland is hampered by 'gold-plating' of EU rules

Taoiseach says 'going beyond what is required' is slowing down delivery of housing and other big projects in Ireland

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November 3, 2025 at 7:27 AM

Cianan Brennan

@ciananbrennan.bsky.social

Fianna Fail refuses to say how much was paid to Ivan Yates for media training for Niall Collins

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Fianna Fáil refuses to say how much was paid to Ivan Yates for media training for Niall Collins

Party declined to say how much of the €42,700 special secretarial allowance was spent on fees to Mr Yates

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November 5, 2025 at 6:35 PM

Cianan Brennan

@ciananbrennan.bsky.social

Remind me again what party Ivan Yates was a Minister for?

November 5, 2025 at 9:03 AM

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Richard Chambers

@newschambers.bsky.social

April: If we don’t get Housing right in seven months, we’re screwed.

November: Housing crisis here until 2040.

November 4, 2025 at 4:55 PM

Cianan Brennan

@ciananbrennan.bsky.social

Data Protection Commission beware: Poachers aren't always the best gamekeepers

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Data Protection Commission beware: Poachers aren't always the best gamekeepers

The Public Appointment Service's decision to hire a Meta defector creates a lot of pitfalls, argues Cianan Brennan

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November 3, 2025 at 9:58 AM

Cianan Brennan

@ciananbrennan.bsky.social

'Significant progress' made in National Children’s Hospital's internal controls, State body claims

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'Significant progress' made in National Children’s Hospital's internal controls, State body claims

The project first broke ground nine years ago and its budget has ballooned from less than €600m to its current estimate of €2.24bn

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October 29, 2025 at 5:35 PM

Cianan Brennan

@ciananbrennan.bsky.social

This appointment earlier this month slipped broadly under the radar. It's likely it would have caused a furore even two or three years back...

Department 'fully satisfied' with appointment of ex-Meta lobbyist to Data Protection Commission

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Department 'fully satisfied' with appointment of ex-Meta lobbyist to Data Protection Commission

In recent years, Meta has been slapped with multiple fines by the Data Protection Commission totalling well over €1bn for data breaches

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October 29, 2025 at 5:33 PM

Cianan Brennan

@ciananbrennan.bsky.social

Department 'getting better value now' on accommodation for asylum seekers, PAC told

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Department 'getting better value now' on accommodation for asylum seekers, PAC told

Secretary general of the department of Justice repeatedly declined to answer definitively to what extent that is the case

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October 24, 2025 at 3:58 PM

Cianan Brennan

@ciananbrennan.bsky.social

'Outrage' as former tech giant lobbyist appointed to Data Protection Commission

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'Outrage' as former tech giant lobbyist appointed to Data Protection Commission

Privacy experts and digital wellbeing activists say appointment 'reflects a concerning level of disregard for EU law'

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October 24, 2025 at 3:56 PM

Cianan Brennan

@ciananbrennan.bsky.social

Regulator 'in contact with several online platforms' over Citywest rioting

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Regulator 'in contact with several online platforms' over Citywest rioting

Coimisiún na Meán seeking 'to understand the measures' social media platforms took in relation to the incident

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October 23, 2025 at 9:35 AM

Cianan Brennan

@ciananbrennan.bsky.social

More credit cards than you could eat, and an uninsured car crash that cost €230,000, to name just two issues raised...

Audit reveals 'deficiencies in internal control' at IFI

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Audit reveals 'deficiencies in internal control' at IFI

A damaging series of administrative errors and irregularities saw the organisation’s entire board stood down in 2023

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October 10, 2025 at 9:32 AM

Cianan Brennan

@ciananbrennan.bsky.social

Word of this overspend wasn't given in advance to the PAC, meaning the officials in attendance were caught cold when confronted with it... Likely not the last you'll hear of it

Beaumont hospital went €2.9m overbudget implementing new payroll system

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