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The cost of giving advice to banks? €300 million

Hundreds of millions of taxpayers’ money have been paid to bank advisors.

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Poll: Is the social welfare fraud probe a good idea?

It has been revealed that the current crackdown on social welfare fraud has already yielded millions of euro in savings. With an entire new fraud unit to be established, we’re asking you: Is the...

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Column: Ireland should buy from start-ups, not just give them cash

The Government invests more than €100m in start-ups every year, writes Paul Quigley, but they should consider buying some of their goods and services if they really want to get them off the ground.

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EU set to unveil new plan to protect taxpayers from bank losses

New proposals aim to ensure that losses are borne by shareholders and creditors.

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'Banking union' plan to shift cost of bank losses from taxpayers

European Commission says new framework will be primarily based on preventing and preparing for banking problems.

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Iceland re-elects president who refused deal on failed bank

Olafur Ragnar Grimsson to serve a record fifth term as president.

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Burton's Social Protection department spend €5k of public money on party

The party for retired staff was held a few weeks before Budget cuts were announced, it was revealed today.

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Noonan: Taxpayers put lots of money into BOI and AIB, now we could get some back

Michael Noonan has explained the significance of last night’s agreement between eurozone finance ministers about the potential retrospective recapitalisation of Ireland’s banks.

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Pay-and-file tax deadline won’t change next year, 2015 date could be earlier...

The Government have said it remains their plan to bring forward to date to submit tax returns but it won’t happen until 2015 at the earliest.

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South African media warned not to publish pics of president's house - but do...

The South African president’s home has been revamped using taxpayers money – and the government says it’s a security breach to publish any photographs of it.

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Scammers are going 'phishing' for Revenue customer details

Fake emails headed “Notice of Tax Return. Client No.” are being sent from accounts purporting to be from the Revenue Commissioners.

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19-year-old arrested for using Heartbleed to steal taxpayers' data

The Canada Revenue Agency said 900 social insurance numbers were stolen from its website.

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Taxpayers pay hundreds of thousands on field unsuitable for sheltered housing

The situation was unveiled on Prime Time tonight.

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Enda doesn't see 'any circumstances' in which Anglo junior bondholders will...

The government is playing down fears that Anglo junior bondholders are in line for repayment.

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Here's how much Princes Charles' visit to Ireland cost the taxpayer

The Duke and Duchess of Cornwall paid us a visit in May.

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Does David McSavage have a TV licence or not? He doesn't seem to know

The courts say he does, he says he doesn’t.

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Here’s how much it would cost to get rid of the USC for incomes under €100,000

Finance Minister Michael Noonan said taxpayers are getting a cut in the USC.

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Fine Gael senator who got €30k after losing his Dáil seat has only repaid €2k

Six members of the Dáil and Seanad received termination payments last year.

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Where does your money go? New website gives detailed breakdown of government...

The website allows users to chart the money being used by various Government departments and to service public debt.

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