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 Day. [...]
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 John [...]
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 Fuck 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 or [...]
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 useless [...]
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 state [...]
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 [...]
