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Oct 1, 2026
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  1. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · Martin Wall

    Blackmail claims by former Inland Fisheries chief considered serious issues by department (opens the original)

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    Senior Department of the Environment officials considered claims that the then chief executive of Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) was being blackmailed by a senator to be very serious, an employment tribunal has heard. Denis Maher, who was head of the division in the department that oversaw IFI for 13 years until he retired in 2024, told the Workplace Relations Commission he agreed that Francis O’Donnell should bring his concerns to gardaí. Maher said a senior colleague had told him he was con

  2. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · Martin Wall

    Blackmail claims by former Inland Fisheries chief considered serious issues by department | BreakingNews (opens the original)

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    Senior Department of the Environment officials considered claims that the then chief executive of Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) was being blackmailed by a senator to be very serious, an employment tribunal has heard. Denis Maher, who was head of the division in the department that oversaw IFI for 13 years until he retired in 2024, told the Workplace Relations Commission he agreed that Francis O’Donnell should bring his concerns to gardaí.

  3. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · Martin Wall

    State paid millions to asylum seeker housing firms after cancelling contracts | BreakingNews (opens the original)

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    The State paid out “substantial” sums in legal settlements – likely to run to several million euro – to potential providers of accommodation for asylum seekers after it cancelled precontract agreements following a change of policy. The State’s financial watchdog, the Comptroller and Auditor General, maintained that “no value” had been secured from the money paid out which represented “a substantial loss to taxpayers”.

  4. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · Martin Wall

    State paid millions to asylum seeker housing firms after cancelling contracts (opens the original)

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    The State paid out “substantial” sums in legal settlements – likely to run to several million euro – to potential providers of accommodation for asylum seekers after it cancelled precontract agreements following a change of policy. The State’s financial watchdog, the Comptroller and Auditor General, maintained that “no value” had been secured from the money paid out which represented “a substantial loss to taxpayers”. Two other cases are still before the courts. The report says

  5. Article · Sep 30, 2026 · Martin Wall

    Substantial sums paid to asylum seeker accommodation providers represented ‘no value’ (opens the original)

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    The State paid out “substantial” sums in legal settlements to the providers of accommodation for asylum seekers after it cancelled precontract agreements, the State spending watchdog has said. A report from the Comptroller and Auditor General published on Wednesday said “no value” had been secured from the money paid out, which represented “a substantial loss to taxpayers”. The report says precontract agreements entered into by the Department of Children in 2024 and early 2025 – wi

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