I don’t always agree with what Michael Hennigan from Finfacts.ie has to say, but last week I couldn’t but agree with what [...]
Wasting Money
Government Waste: €560k spent on Govt St Patrick’s day trips
Wednesday March 12th, 2008, from Cian McCormack in RTE This year Ministers will jet around the world representing Ireland for St Patrick’s [...]
What is the National Employment Rights Authority (NERA) for?
The mission statement for NERA is “To achieve a national culture of employment rights compliance”. According to their website, “NERA aims to [...]
Government Waste – TDs will be well-served by new €800,000 kiosk at the House
Thursday February 14th, from Lise Hand in The Irish Independent A NEW Leinster House charity shop which was opened by Ceann Comhairle [...]
Useless Regulators – Another new one – I’m losing track
Thanks to Tom Raftery for this one. He’s referring to an Irish Independent article – Internet tsar to make children’s surfing safer. [...]
Irish Blood Transfusion Board – Second IT screw Up in 2 Weeks
I’m not going to go back over old ground on this given todays coverage of the stolen IBTS laptop with 170,000 blood [...]
Government Waste: Taxpayer to foot €83m bill over ‘cock-up’
Friday February 15th, from Juno McEnroe in The Irish Examiner THE Department of the Environment has acknowledged that no one was fired [...]
You’re paying for the NPSRA – to do SFA!
Related to my post below, one or two other points to add about the National Property Services Regulatory Authority (NPSRA). The new [...]
Government Waste: Just five visiting dignitaries stayed at Farmleigh last year
Thursday January 10th, from Alison Healy in The Irish Times: The State mansion Farmleigh was used to accommodate five visiting heads of [...]
Government Waste: Blood board to write off €740,000 computer upgrade
Friday February 1st, from John Downes in the Irish Times: The Irish Blood Transfusion Board has confirmed it has abandoned plans to [...]
