1 Dec 2008 at 5:10pm For months now the pattern of spending within FÁS been under critical scrutiny but in the past week the director general was forced to resign when the State training and employment agency came under renewed pressure over the travel expenses of ...
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29 Nov 2008 at 10:49pm One of Ireland's most respected civil servants has said that Fas chief executive Rody Molloy "should not have been driven out" of his job as head of the ?1bn-a-year state agency. Michael Lillis, a former leading civil servant and diplomat, said ...
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29 Nov 2008 at 2:56pm Labour leader Eamon Gilmore has outlined an economic stimulus package which he says can get Ireland through the tough times it faces over the next three or four years. In his speech to the Labour conference in Kilkenny, Mr Gilmore contrasted his ...
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28 Nov 2008 at 1:43am The FAS debacle developed into high farce last night when a missing refund suddenly turned up in the organisation's head office. The missing money was ?32,000 paid for flights to Florida for Minister Mary Harney 's entourage, who took the ...
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28 Nov 2008 at 1:21am - Five ministers travelled to Florida in the United States for a Fas science project in a period of less than three years, it emerged yesterday, as controversy over the spending of public funds by the state authority continued. - A cabinet ...
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25 Nov 2008 at 5:53pm Brian Cowen, Ireland's prime minister, has unveiled plans to cut costs across government as the country battles against the recession that has hit the Irish economy. The government is to eliminate many of Ireland's 200-odd government agencies and ...
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25 Nov 2008 at 1:32am The Taoiseach and the Minister for Finance are reportedly set to announce major reforms of the public sector that will include significant lay-offs and the rationalisation of more state agencies. Reports this morning say the measures, due to be ...
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