Fiddler wins €43,000 in major 'gig economy' case at WRC rte.ie/news/business/… via RTÉ

A confidential review of how TDs and Senators claimed expenses said a system was needed that provided “certainty of identity” to stop politicians from having others clock in to work on their behalf. Latest records from Right to Know available at: thestory.ie/review-of-expe…

Revealed: Housing Agency chief sold property to McVerry Trust. The sale of a property to the Peter McVerry Trust by the CEO of the Housing Agency raises "blatant" conflict of interest concerns. READ Paul Murphy: rte.ie/news/primetime… RTÉ News | #rtept

“He’s done it again!” 🔥 A moment to remember from this day in 2013, as @KevMc15 sent the Hill wild late on in the All-Ireland Semi Final against Kerry 👕 #UpTheDubs

Elon Musk has been retweeting prominent race scientist adherents on his platform X, spreading misinformation about racial minorities’ intelligence and physiology to his audience of 176.3 million followers. motherjones.com/politics/2024/…

A breakdown of the Office of Public Works' €335,000 bill for a bike shed at Leinster House. Plus the refusal to release any of the scoping documents from the costly project for "security reasons." irishtimes.com/politics/oirea…

Always struck when going through the minutes of various hospitals how this sort of permanent crisis mode is just taken as a given in the Irish healthcare system.

Given my story on the Leinster House bike shelter has got so much attention, worth reminding people of another report I worked on with Paul Murphy of RTÉ Investigates on the OPW and very serious value for money questions from back in 2021: rte.ie/news/investiga…

Can you believe he wears that outfit!?

Would love to see RTÉ News make this documentary I did research for with Paul Murphy about the OPW easily accessible for the day that's in it. My story on the €335,000 bike shed is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to value for money & the OPW. rte.ie/news/investiga…

Some politicians like to say getting info under FOI is easy as if it falls from the sky. Internal review over Leinster House bike shed records is one of seven I filed since Friday. Each costs €30; I don't count time involved because it's depressing: x.com/kenfoxe/status…

Expenditure of €335,000 on the Leinster House bike shelter is not the first time value-for-money concerns in the OPW have been raised. Right to Know has today published a copy of the ‘five-case review’ an examination of OPW deals by two senior staff. thestory.ie/spending-of-e3…

Definitely never thought the Leinster House bike shelter story was going to end up being covered in the Guardian and on BBC when I filed it on Sunday morning! bbc.com/news/articles/… theguardian.com/world/article/…

Who recalls the €29 million paid for the Thornton Hall "super-prison" site? OPW "five-case review" we published yesterday described cost as "grossly excessive." Some however, thought it would prove "excellent value for money." thestory.ie/spending-of-e3…

Some new followers over the past week so would like to introduce you to my beginner's guide to making FOI requests. Maybe you're curious about something your council did, a decision made by government … or even a costly bike shed. Find out more at: kenfoxe.com/foi-guide

Am hoping that Part Two of my story on the €335,000 Leinster House bike shelter will be coming next week. Might help answer some questions on what was known about the costs involved the project: