This is part of an ongoing project by Right to Know to publish details of expenditure by third-level institutions. Under the Public Service Reform Plan, public bodies are supposed to publish a list of purchase orders worth in excess of €20,000 every year. Not all do and this project is an attempt to fill in… Read More »
The volunteer group Bravo Charlie Tango (BCT) has obtained these records from the Department of Health. They include records relating to all NPHET Committees, except the new Vaccine Strategy Group. The full list includes the: – Acute Hospital Preparedness Subgroup of NPHET – Behavioural Change Subgroup of NPHET – Guidance and Evidence Synthesis Subgroup of… Read More »
On July 6, the OPW issued a press release talking excitedly about Dublin’s green lung and how an experiment to keep the side gates of the Phoenix Park closed would continue. In that statement, they said: “With this in mind, reducing the volume of ‘through-traffic’ is critical and maintaining safe, quiet, open spaces for pedestrians… Read More »
The Office of Public Works was told that three historic structures in the Botanic Gardens were in danger of collapse and that loose glass panels in the buildings were a safety hazard to the public and staff. The Aquatic House – a complex of three buildings in the Dublin gardens – had “significantly deteriorated” because… Read More »
The Air Corps helicopter that lost its door after an emergency medical airlift in May had been at the centre of the exact same type of incident eleven years ago. A preliminary report on the incident confirmed that the AgustaWestland helicopter was the very same chopper that suffered the loss of a different door over… Read More »
Twenty two members of An Garda Síochána have been convicted of a crime over the past three and a half years. The records – released under FOI for the first time by the Internal Affairs Section of the gardaí – detail a range of different convictions for officers. The convictions cover drink driving, misuse of… Read More »
The owners of the derelict house where teenager Ana Kriegel was murdered said delays in plans to secure the property were partly down to the “notoriety” of the site. Internal records show how Fingal County Council repeatedly had to make contact with planning consultants for the owners of Glenwood House about their plans to secure… Read More »
These three documents provide detail on expenditure of hundreds of millions of euro by three universities in recent years. The UCD record is by far the largest and covers a lengthy period and some €319 million in expenditure by the college between November 2016 and March of this year. The UCC data details €11.37 million… Read More »
More than 10% of confirmed Covid-19 cases in some parts of Dublin have resulted in the death of the infected person according to new data from the HSE. A detailed breakdown of fatalities across the country and the Dublin area has been provided showing how in a single postcode area in the capital (Dublin 24),… Read More »
The Irish government was offered a special deal to buy two new aircraft for €8.3 million but opted to buy only one amid concerns over a shortage of pilots and available hangar space. The new Pilatus PC-12 NG was purchased in March under special EU rules that allows normal procurement practices to be put aside… Read More »