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Monday 8 August 2022
The Castleknock player suffered a season-ending injury last month against Kildare.
Everyone’s talking about Sean FitzPatrick being found not guilty.
If they don’t cooperate and hand over all required information, the Committee will compel the former Rehab CEOs to appear in person.
Members of the Public Accounts Committee will discuss the ongoing controversy at Rehab and whether they should compel its former CEOs, Frank Flannery and Angela Kerins, later today.
Plus: How much money did the Criminal Assets Bureau give to the Exchequer last year from criminal activity?
Missing policies, a tussle between public and private, nice earners and losing touch with the frontline: it’s not pretty.
Everyonne’s talking about the Omagh bomb, Rehab revelations, and President Higgins…
Angela Kerins, her family and Rehab’s relationship with Complete Eco Solutions is under scrutiny again. What is it all about?
The former CEO was paid over €5,000 a month regularly between 2007 and 2013 for “lobbying and consulting”.
What’s going on in Leinster House? Well, as you asked…
Angela Kerins has told the Public Accounts Committee she is unwell, but Frank Flannery says he simply can’t help.
The strongly-worded letters went out after an emergency session of the Public Accounts Committee tonight.
It is still not yet clear if the pair will turn up to the committee hearing tomorrow morning.
The Taoiseach added that he believed charities should not pay their CEOs to lobby the government.
Just over three years into his first stint as a TD, Simon Harris has his eyes on Brussels.
The committee is due to hold further hearings on Rehab next Thursday.
The Public Accounts Committee has discussed the latest developments at the Rehab Group, including the retirement of its CEO Angela Kerins, this morning.
Angela Kerins quit her role as Rehab CEO yesterday.
Angela Kerins quit today, stating that the latest controversies had taken their toll on her family and the Rehab Group.
Kerins says that she is leaving because of “the toll that public controversy has taken on the Rehab Group and my own family”.
Flannery says he will cooperate with the Public Accounts Committee – as soon as they contact him directly.
‘Spin doctors? But who the hell is sick?’ To paraphrase the TV drama Borgen, Frank Flannery’s dismissal uncovers some uncomfortable truths about ‘access all areas’ PR in politics.
Rehab also said that comments from the chairman of the PAC, John MGuinness, were “unfair”.
Online survey conducted over last month shows direct impact of recent high-profile charities scandals.
Everybody’s talking about the former regulator speaking about Sean Quinn, the Irish economy shrinking and women in the Forty Foot Club…
At a meeting this morning, the committee noted that it has received a letter from the solicitors acting on behalf of the developer John Kelly.
Everything happening in Leinster House today.
Flannery has told the PAC in a letter that he is willing to cooperate with its inquiry into the Rehab Group by, in the first instance, providing written information.
He is the man who helped Fine Gael become the largest party in the State but his involvement with the Rehab Group has caused controversy in recent weeks. Who is Frank Flannery? Let TheJournal.ie explain all.
The former Fine Gael strategist and Rehab board member is also facing calls to come before the Public Accounts Committee.
Fine Gael has thanked Flannery for his “unstinting and loyal service to the party” while the Public Accounts Committee has said it still expects the former Rehab CEO to appear before it.
Meanwhile, junior minister Kathleen Lynch has said it is her personal opinion that Flannery’s position is not tenable.
Minister of State Paschal Donohoe says both he and the Taoiseach agree that Frank Flannery should face the Public Accounts Committee.
McDonald said that the PAC have written to Flannery twice to attend a meeting and he should accept the invitation.
WE’RE EIGHT DAYS into August and there’s a potential heatwave on the way as temperatures are set to hover in the 20s this week.
Ireland’s meteorological summer is June to August, with autumn then starting on the first of September until the end of November, according to Met Éireann.
But some go by the calendar that starts with spring in February and gives three months to each season, putting August as the start of autumn.
So today, we’re asking you: When do you think we should say autumn starts?
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