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Sipo

Politics

Donohoe to make further statement on postering expenses

Fine Gael determined not to allow Donohoe to be pushed out of office over failing to disclose matter to Sipo
  • Michael Brennan
  • January 21, 2023
Politics

Analysis: Donohoe row could finally drive ethics overhaul for politicians stalled since 2015

A failure to declare postering work during the last general election has put the Fine Gael minister in unfamiliar territory - at the centre of a major political controversy
  • Michael Brennan
  • January 17, 2023
Politics

Government is urged to overhaul ethics framework and ‘revamp’ Sipo

Sinn Féin and Labour call for resurrection of Public Sector Standards Bill first proposed in 2015
  • Peter O'Dwyer
  • September 24, 2022
Politics

Report to recommend that election candidates disclose business interests before running for office

Minister for Public Expenditure to seek approval for a bill to provide major overhaul in the country’s ethics legislation
  • Peter O'Dwyerand
  • Killian Woods
  • August 27, 2022
Politics

About a Troy: A politician brought down by the details of his property mini-empire

Once a rising star in Fianna Fáil, Robert Troy is this weekend counting the cost to his ministerial career after more and more details emerged of the errors and omissions in his declarations of his property interests
  • Peter O'Dwyerand
  • Killian Woods
  • August 27, 2022
Politics

Elaine Byrne: Public is no longer willing to put up with a watchdog that does not bite

It is now seven years and three governments since the Standards Bill was published, and it has died a death of wilful disregard, leaving Sipo as an observer in ethical controversies
  • Elaine Byrne
  • August 27, 2022
Politics

Robert Troy resigns as Minister of State

Fianna Fáil TD admits lack of due diligence after coming under fire over his failure to declare properties but won’t ‘apologise for being a landlord’
  • Cónal Thomas
  • August 24, 2022
Politics

RTB asked to investigate if Troy property was legally registered

The beleaguered Fianna Fáil TD said last week in a statement that his property in Ballynacarrigy, Co Westmeath had been rented out since November of last year
  • Aaron Roganand
  • Daniel Murray
  • August 20, 2022

Elaine Byrne: Ethics watchdog is a bystander when it comes to misbehaviour

In regulating TD’s misbehaviours, the Standards in Public Office Commission is effectively a sanctions-free zone, while the outgoing Ombudsman Peter Tyndall says that he has ‘never known anything more unfit for purpose’
  • Elaine Byrne
  • November 28, 2021

Zappone was not ‘lobbying’ when she sought UN special envoy role

The Regulation of Lobbying Act does not apply to communications made by individuals apart from those related to the zoning and development of land, according to the Standards in Public Office Commission
  • Sarah Taaffe-Maguire
  • September 8, 2021

Sipo wants two-year jail term for breaches of ban on lobbying after leaving public office

The watchdog says current rules for politicians and top civil servants who break post-employment rules are not enforceable
  • Sarah Taaffe-Maguire
  • June 29, 2021

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