The Government's revenue collection and spending for 2007 has been criticised by the Comptroller and Auditor General in his annual report for that year.

An auditor for building developer Owen O'Callaghan has told the Mahon Tribunal that she recorded certain accounts without requesting invoices as proof.

MOT charges in the North could be increased after test centres failed to reach targets despite investing £57m (€82.2m) on new equipment, a report revealed today.

The Tánaiste Mary Harney has confirmed that the Comptroller and Auditor General's report into the controversial PPARS computer payroll system will be published this week.

A FLAGSHIP €143 million health scheme to get patients off waiting lists by paying for them to go private has been criticised after figures show more than a third of those helped were treated in the same hospital that left them languishing in the first place.

The Opposition parties have called for an official inquiry by the Auditor General into the decision by the Government to purchase a new prison site.

AIB’S on going scandal of overcharging customers over a period of years is destined to drag on.

THE cost of the country’s major infrastructural projects have soared by up to €7.5 billion, latest figures reveal.

AIB is to pay back €1.4 million to 34,000 third-level students after ongoing investigations into overcharging at the bank found fees were wrongly levied on student accounts.