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Here's how many thousands of pints of Guinness were sold in the Dáil bar this year

Dec 30th 2018, 7:00 AM 29,465 33

#BLACKSTUFF
Did you sit your driving test this year? Here are the pass rates for each RSA test centre for 2018

Dec 29th 2018, 12:05 AM 68,329 45

#ON THE ROAD
'You want the Eighth repealed because of Brexit': Letters sent to Varadkar about abortion referendum

Dec 28th 2018, 4:00 PM 20,011 13

#ABORTION
County breakdown of 529,733 penalty points on driving licences

Dec 26th 2018, 11:00 PM 35,219 35

#FOI
'Pessimistic' alerts and Dublin bias among complaints sent to Met Éireann in 2018

Dec 26th 2018, 9:00 PM 61,372 40

#KICKING UP A STORM
Harassment and drink driving: 181 Irish people arrested by Greater Manchester Police this year

Dec 26th 2018, 7:30 AM 14,641 10

#FOI
A book about golf for Trump and seeds for Christine Lagarde: The gifts Varadkar gave in 2018

Dec 26th 2018, 7:00 AM 12,599 12

#YOU'RE TOO KIND
Murder, assault and drug offences: Over 1,200 Irish people arrested by Met Police this year

Dec 24th 2018, 12:05 AM 21,797 52

#FOI
Dublin City Council made almost €100,000 from impounding hundreds of cars this year

Dec 22nd 2018, 10:00 PM 17,576 39

#CLAMPED
Staff at Garda press office split €115,000 in overtime during first year of Disclosures Tribunal

Nov 6th 2018, 12:05 AM 22,757 25

#GARDA OVERTIME
Katherine Zappone warned Tánaiste that using State funds for Pope visit 'undermined' work for LGTBI+ rights

Nov 2nd 2018, 12:05 AM 29,968 84

#WORLD MEETING OF FAMILIES
'Moronic', 'odious', 'vile': How public expressed anger at Tánaiste's claim that Donald Trump is not racist

Oct 31st 2018, 12:05 AM 45,570 88

#FOI
Bed bugs, used needles and rat droppings - life inside homeless accommodation

Aug 27th 2018, 12:05 AM 13,718 33

#HOMELESS
During the drought, some areas were losing half of their water supply because of leaks

Aug 18th 2018, 12:05 AM 18,277 94

#HOSEPIPE BAN
Dozens of 'non-existent' emails between former Minister for Justice and PR firm discovered

Aug 17th 2018, 1:44 PM 72,269 81

#FRANCES FITZGERALD
Multiple allegations of assaults on residents of Irish disability services

Aug 4th 2018, 12:05 AM 19,865 18

#HEALTH WATCHDOG
Adoption scandal: Officials questioned whether telling those affected would 'do more harm than good'

Jul 6th 2018, 12:05 AM 18,121 46

#ST PATRICK'S GUILD
'The deeper I go, the more concern I have' - Department of Transport worried over 'exposure' due to mandatory PSC

Jun 5th 2018, 12:05 AM 48,906 56

#DEEP IMPACT
Politicians made nearly 5,000 representations to the Passport Office on behalf of their constituents

May 28th 2018, 12:05 AM 22,812 25

#PASSPORTS
At least €2 million ploughed into PSC / driving licence project - before Shane Ross pulled the plug because it wasn't legal

May 14th 2018, 12:05 AM 64,127 81

#HOUSE OF CARDS
US hospital tried to speak to the Children's Hospital Group before launch of abandoned Phoenix name

May 6th 2018, 8:00 AM 16,409 37

#AHEAD OF THEMSELVES
Cork hospital spends €30k on pest control after rodents were found in sink

Mar 13th 2018, 7:53 PM 29,266 18

#MICE
'Laughable', 'a joke', 'cynical', 'opportunistic' - Zappone brought to task by parents over childcare fees crisis

Jan 14th 2018, 9:00 PM 44,364 86

#OUTRAGE
'It's a TRACKING app, where did those four minutes go?': Complaints made about Dublin Bus

Dec 28th 2017, 12:00 PM 41,632 53

#PUBLIC TRANSPORT
Assault, theft and drunk and disorderly: 1,762 Irish people arrested by Met Police this year

Dec 27th 2017, 6:15 AM 12,982 35

#FREEDOM OF INFORMATION
Read the emails sent to Leo in his first month as Taoiseach

Dec 25th 2017, 2:00 PM 16,361 41

#AUTOGRAPH REQUESTS
'My seven-year-old daughter shed a tear': Enda Kenny received a lot of well wishes when he stepped down

Dec 24th 2017, 9:30 PM 18,459 61

#THE LONG GOODBYE
Trump and Prince Charles got the most expensive gifts from the Taoiseach this year

Dec 23rd 2017, 7:30 AM 24,961 23

#YOU'RE TOO KIND
'The minister is talking about the Man United game instead of the rail strike'

Dec 22nd 2017, 7:00 PM 16,012 28

#COMPLAINTS
Gardaí working up to 100 hours a week for overtime payments of up to €68,500

Dec 22nd 2017, 12:05 AM 33,860 95

#CASH
'When are you going to bring in the army to drive the buses?': Complaints made during Bus Éireann strike

Dec 21st 2017, 6:00 AM 11,957 26

#DEAR MINISTER
Multiple allegations of sexual and physical abuse against disability care staff

Dec 11th 2017, 12:05 AM 27,702 30

#UNSOLICITED INFORMATION
Woman has request to see changes made to her own data refused as database 'is blanked every two weeks'

Dec 5th 2017, 12:05 AM 47,097 45

#REQUEST REFUSED
'If you post one out I'll cut it up and send it back': The PSC has people both enraged and deeply confused

Nov 4th 2017, 6:05 AM 43,882 112

#MISINFORMATIONFEST
Nama employee: 'The request is from Mick Wallace so trying to close off angles of attack in advance'

Sep 30th 2017, 12:05 AM 29,294 66

#ACCESS DENIED
Behaviour of staff top reason for complaints about maternity services at Portlaoise

Sep 24th 2017, 6:05 AM 21,756 38

#FREEDOM OF INFORMATION
HSE spent almost €300k burying people who were homeless or had no known family

Sep 5th 2017, 6:00 AM 10,684 30

#NEXT OF KIN
'In danger of snatching defeat from the jaws of victory': How tension built ahead of Orkambi deal

Aug 26th 2017, 12:05 AM 12,402 11

#CYSTIC FIBROSIS
Garda overtime bill soars to €60.5 million for first six months of 2017

Aug 17th 2017, 6:15 AM 11,032 59

#PAYDAY
€4.4 million paid out to staff of TDs who left Leinster House following the last election

Jul 31st 2017, 7:47 AM 18,682 66

#BONANZA

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