A single night hotel stay for Tánaiste Simon Harris along with Ireland’s Ambassador to the UK Martin Fraser and a group of six public servants cost the taxpayer nearly €4,200

An Garda said recent increases were linked mainly to injuries on duty, reflecting the “unpredictable and dangerous nature of frontline duties undertaken by gardaí nationwide.”

The letters come against the backdrop of another depressing week on Irish roads with multiple fatalities reported by gardaí over the past seven days

Much of the spending took place as part of an ongoing recruitment drive to bring the number of police officers in the State to at least 15,000

The department said expenditure was sometimes necessary for executive seats when a deportation officer was immediately returning to Ireland from a long-haul flight without staying at the destination

The project at the Workplace Relations Commission was originally expected to cost around €200,000

The ‘moratorium’ caused controversy after it emerged that a report into Fianna Fáil TD Robert Troy was withheld until after polling day

Taoiseach Simon Harris was criticised for "inaction" over calling the next general election in messages from the public, despite claims that the public don't care about the timing of the poll

The €71,613 bill covered the costs of 38 separate invoices, which included trips by heads of state and high-ranking officials from world organisations

The judge said the HSE’s criticism of the Information Commissioner for failing to engage with its arguments in appealing his decision to allow RTÉ to have the information "have neither a factual basis nor any merit"

Information Commissioner Ger Deering said a number of State bodies are relying on external legal advice for dealing with Freedom of Information requests and parliamentary questions

Helen McEntee was told that Britain’s Rwanda policy could make Ireland seem like 'an attractive alternative'

The videocall was supposed to have been with African diplomats, but turned out to be prank by two Russian comedians

The riots broke out on the evening of Thursday, November 23rd, following a knife attack on Parnell Square in which a number of people were injured

The Defence Forces have been forced to spend thousands of euros on flights and hotels because the government jet has broken down so often and Air Corps personnel were needed to keep an eye on repair and maintenance bills

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar was accused of 'talking of peace while beating the war drums' and 'wasting taxpayers' dime' in complaints over the recent visit of US president Joe Biden

The Judicial Council said that all bookings were made “as economically as possible” even though some of the hotel reservations were made at five-star establishments

The highest fees were paid to individuals appearing on Ryan Tubridy’s Late Late Show with €58,771 paid out to 194 different individuals

The highest-paid board member was a retired employee of a semi-state body, who was paid a total of €52,920 in fees.

A sum of €8,800 was spent by Dublin City Council on secondary glazing to better noise-proof and insulate windows in the Lord Mayor’s bedroom, work carried out by Timeless Sash Windows.

The force said officers had been absent from work for 20,807 days because an of malicious injury suffered while carrying out their job.

The RSA said there had been 2,205 complaints made in 2022, with a particularly high number in August when 297 were logged by the authority

Many of the complaints received by the Department of Justice claimed sentences being handed down for serious crimes were too lenient

The utility said it was using the name change as an opportunity to highlight its role in delivering reliable water services

Employees of the child and family agency also made complaints about 43 cases of verbal assault and two cases of sexual harassment.