Opinion Verona Murphy was wrong to criticise us, says local authority watchdog Michael McCarthy, chairperson of the National Oversight and Audit Commission, argues that councillors’ independent role in overseeing their local authorities should be respected
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