Standards in Public Office Commission (Sipo)

Social Democrats TD Róisín Shortall says ‘not a hope in hell’ of reform Bill being passed before general election

People Before Profit councillor Hazel De Nortúin submitted complaint which has been referred back to Standards in Public Office

The Sligo-Leitrim TD claimed the actions of SIPO had deprived him of his right to privacy as guaranteed under the Irish Constitution and the European Convention on Human Rights

Lack of independent scrutiny raises questions about spending of public money in family and care referendums

New Senior Posts Remuneration Committee is to be established to look at pay in high-level public sector posts - but not ministers

Paul Murphy’s lawyers said reasoning for rejecting his complaint ‘legally inadequate’

Former minister omitted to declare all properties in annual returns

People Before Profit TD Paul Murphy discloses total of €3,000 in donations from three individuals

Parliamentary body rejects claim by Web Summit founder that Micheál Martin abused Dáil privilege by speaking about funding of The Ditch website

Tom Enright, subject of critical Sipo report in 2022, denies making off-air verbal attack on presenter Alan Corcoran

Any Other Business: Lobbying register fines, Applegreen unplugs ESB EV chargers, Michael O’Leary and the Irish stock exchange, aviation high flyers, new data commissioners and art returns

Gardaí now believe only a fraction of the gold is owned by the National Party with the rest owned by senior party members

Right wing party says James Reynolds has taken over following reports of €400,000 gold reserves going missing

The founder of the party claimed a ‘considerable quantity in gold’ was removed from its vault, sparking a Garda inquiry and questions over who the donors were

The fringe far-right Irish political party claimed ‘a considerable quantity of gold’ had been stolen from the party’s safe in Dublin

If the bullion in the party vault is derived from donations, the question arises as to who the donors were

Gardaí on Monday recovered gold with estimated value of €400,000 after claims it was taken from National Party vault

Judge ruled case met low threshold of containing legal grounds that are ‘arguable’

Newly released records show Comptroller and Auditor General raised concerns in note dissenting from vote against holding an ethics inquiry into Taoiseach’s leak of medical record

Although then tánaiste claimed vindication when Sipo rejected complaints against him, dissenters’ criticism of his defence was stark