the absence of a SIPO investigation is not, in any way, shocking.
Most people in Monaghan, I suspect, will see right through it.
Councillor Treanor has long been a controversial figure, mainly because he says things about immigration, in very plain language, that more respectable politicians would never dream of saying. That is also, in large part, why he keeps winning elections.
The Mallow District Court has struck out a case taken by the DPP and the Standards in Public Office Commission (SIPO) against an Independent candidate who refused to make a SIPO return after his candidacy in the last general election. The case taken against Diarmaid Ó Cadhla under the Electoral Laws was “struck out” on […]
Don’t expect those on the real gravy train to tackle anything other than mere trifles like social media accounts and “foreign interference”.
The Standards in Public Office (SIPO) ethics watchdog is investigating whether Sinn Féin used funds raised abroad to purchase a Donegal constituency office with €180,000 in cash.
You may remember, last week, that the Chinese Embassy in Ireland took out a full page advert in the Irish Independent on the issue of the Coronavirus, to tell us all how splendid China is, and how magnificent their response to the Coronavirus has been. A member of the public made contact with the Standards […]