More than €110,000 in taxpayer funds went down the drain after a courthouse water leak went undetected for over two years.
An internal audit said the Courts Service had faced excess water charges of nearly €2,900 per month, although the OPW has since carried out repairs.
The Courts Service said the sky-high costs were caused by “a significant unseen water leak” and “pipe defects” in a very old building with antiquated plumbing.
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More than 100 complaints made to the Data Protection Commission (DPC) remain unresolved more than five years after they were lodged.
The DPC said there were 111 cases dating from May 2018 to 2020 that have still not been finalised.
There were a further 102 complaints received in 2021 that are still open, according to data released under FOI.
Gardaí were paid more than €189 million in overtime last year with some members cashing in to the tune of more than €50,000 each.
One inspector was able to earn an extra €65,008 on top of their ordinary salary, according to FOI records.
when 2 Italian MPs,#StefaniaAscari and #DanielaMorfino,asked to know how many Italian citizens served in #IDF during the #genocide, the Meloni government stated it didn't know it, a #FOIA request revealed by #DeclassifiedUK allowed us to know it
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è curioso che quando le parlamentari #StefaniaAscari e #DanielaMorfino hanno chiesto al governo #Meloni quanti cittadini italiani erano nell'#IDF durante #genocidioGaza, il governo non lo sapeva, mentre un #FOIA l'ha rivelato, come vi ricostruiamo oggi:
quanti sono i cittadini italiani che hanno combattuto per #IDF in pieno #genocidio?
928 secondo #FOIA rivelato dal media investigativo inglese indipendente, #DeclassifiedUK, di cui sono orgogliosa adviser:
Massachusetts sat on SNAP records for four months.
They produced them four days after losing a FOIA appeal.
The documents show a $92M federal funding threat.
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