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# Running the numbers

This year

2023

RTÉ barter account spent €5,000 on flip flops and €4,200 to private members' club in London

The details are contained in a new trawl of documents released ahead of RTE’s appearance before a Dáil committee today.

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Jul 5th 2023, 2:08 PM

All time

Do Sinn Féin's numbers add up? We could soon know for sure...

The government is considering a special Oireachtas committee to cost pre-budget submissions.

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Jan 24th 2015, 8:15 AM