RTÉ in Crisis RTÉ should be subject to state audit and crack down on Tubridy-style ‘side deals’ – PacNew report from the state’s spending watchdog committee makes 21 recommendations for sweeping financial reform at the broadcaster
Business Post's View Editorial: Loss of public cash through fraud and mismanagement is intolerableThe sums of taxpayers’ money being lost through the likes of welfare fraud and overpayments are substantial and long overdue a clampdown
Tax State stands to lose €30bn in corporate tax from firms offsetting lossesUnder Irish tax law, companies can use trading losses to get relief from future corporation taxes, state’s spending watchdog report points out
Public Service C&AG report: Apple taxes, corporate tax losses, claims against the state and a health budget hole
Food Safety State spending watchdog points to ‘weaknesses’ in spending controls at food safety authorityFood safety regulator failed to follow the public procurement guidelines for seven contracts worth €694,750 last year
Councils face spending controls to improve scrutiny of €6bn budgetsLegal ‘anomaly’ means local authorities do not have to reveal their internal financial workings which could disclose any weaknesses or losses
funding Taoiseach 'open minded’ to state auditing council funding It comes as up to 180 Dublin city council workers were paying Prsi at Class D, when they should have been on Class A, costing up to €20 millon
Politics TD calls for state spending watchdog to audit €6 billlion council spendDublin City Council that it misclassified a “small number” of workers who were designated for the wrong category of Prsi
Pensions Harris asked to intervene in UCC €16m academic pensions top-ups rowMinister has agreed to help sort out long-running dispute between the university and the Higher Education Authority over who should foot the bill