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