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Potential financial irregularities at garda training college should have been made known to me, Comptroller and Auditor General tells Public Accounts Committee

Call for Central Bank to intervene Pic: RollingNews.ie

The Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG) is a master of understatement. The top accountant in the country – charged with monitoring how the state spends public money – could not have been more different to some TDs who sat across from him at the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) last week.

While Labour’s Alan Kelly intervened in proceedings to describe his amazement at the “absolutely incredible” proceedings, there was no such hyperbole from the ...