Recently Nick Webb and I were named Journalists of the Year at the National Media Awards for our investigation into activities at the state agency FAS. For many years I strove to subject FÁS, the jobs creation agency with the €1 billion a year (€20m a week ) budget, to political scrutiny. The political parties …
Monthly Archive
for: ‘July, 2009’
Invitation for TCD Graduates to Visit Leinster House
Trinity alumni are most welcome to come and see the Oireachtas in action. It has been my pleasure over the years to welcome many graduates into Leinster House. Those alumni have particularly enjoyed viewing the oftentimes rowdy Dáil and Seanad debates! The visit takes in a tour of Leinster House, the visitors’ gallery of both …
Maurice pulls a €2m exit coup
Did YOU lose your job recently? Good. You must be loaded. Lots of compensation to soften the blow. No fault of your own? That is not so good. You are just one of many being laid off because the economy is bunched.