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Senator David Norris looked for bigger office in Leinster House because he was longest serving politician there

Posted on January 10, 2017 by kenfoxe / 0 Comment

A BIGGER space for the “father of the House”, a Senator’s files and personal belongings packed up and moved to reception, and a dispute betwee...

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The scourge of politicians and their “private papers”

Posted on April 21, 2016 by kenfoxe / 1 Comment

ONE of the most common criticisms politicians have of journalists is that they are obsessed with TD’s expenses and government waste. Quite aside from the...

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Ending the secrecy that surrounds political expenses in Ireland – the battle resumes

Posted on April 1, 2016 by kenfoxe / 1 Comment

Some of you will recall my efforts to get access to the invoices and receipts submitted by TDs and Senators as part of their expense claims. I’ve written ...

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Ex-Ceann Comhairle Sean Barrett approved €11k in overnight expenses for driver to travel to Dublin to bring him on short commute from Killiney to Leinster House

Posted on March 22, 2016 by kenfoxe / 0 Comment

A personal driver for Ceann Comhairle Sean Barrett ended up being paid more than €10,000 in overnight expenses last year because he travelled from his home in ...

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Political Expenses and Data Journalism

Posted on March 14, 2016 by kenfoxe / 0 Comment

This is a presentation I gave in RTÉ late last year to the Hacks/Hackers group about building databases of political expenses and the challenges of trying to pu...

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New FOI Act added “significant protection” from scrutiny for expense claims by TDs and Senators

Posted on February 3, 2016 by kenfoxe / 3 Comments

Over a year ago now, I submitted an FOI request to the Houses of the Oireachtas as part of a project I was working on in the RTÉ Investigations Unit called No E...

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Political Expenses, Pay and Pension Databases

Posted on January 28, 2016 by kenfoxe / 0 Comment

With the election coming up, these databases of political pay, expenses, pensions, and allowances may all again prove of interest. First up was the database of ...

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