Person: Brian Stanley

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<p>Brian Stanley said that in recent weeks there had been a sustained attempt by a “micro group with their own agenda” to carry out a “character assassination” against him. Picture: Niall Carson/PA Wire</p>

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Brian Stanley to run as independent candidate in general election

The move by Mr Stanley is likely to be a blow to Sinn Féin's hopes to retain a seat in the Laois constituency

<p>Sinn Féin has proposed Galway West TD Mairéad Farrell as the new Public Accounts Committee chair. File photo: Sam Boal / RollingNews.ie</p>

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Replacement of Sinn Féin's Brian Stanley as PAC chair to go to Dáil after 'circus' committee meeting

<p>Mary Lou McDonald and Brain Stanley.</p>

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ieExplains: What's going on with the recent Sinn Féin scandals?

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Timeline of events in complaint against Sinn Féin's Brian Stanley

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RTÉ saves €2.2m thanks to hiring freeze and cost cutting

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Mick Clifford: Inland Fisheries Ireland’s litany of issues is like ‘RTÉ without the celebrities’

Toy Show musical a 'disaster before it even started', says PAC chair

A Grant Thornton report into the development of the musical is expected to be published later on Thursday

Thu, 25 Jan, 2024

PAC rejects RTÉ's conditional offer of a summary of memo on Ryan Tubridy payments

Committee chair Brian Stanley said the PAC is imposing a deadline of next Monday for a response from the broadcaster

Thu, 09 Nov, 2023

Tadgh McNally: As a means of gauging the lay of the land, The Ploughing is hard to beat

The Ploughing allows politicians to break free from the political bubble and meet people from all walks of life

Sun, 24 Sep, 2023

Politicians are left surveying the lay of the new land

The constituency changes published by the Electoral Commission have been digested and parties have begun strategising for the future

Fri, 01 Sep, 2023

Ryan Tubridy's performance at Oireachtas commitees will be must-see TV

Given reports that some pubs will be broadcasting proceedings live, Tuesday's meetings are likely to be the most watched Oireachtas committee sessions in history.

Tue, 11 Jul, 2023

Tubridy will be invited to attend PAC, committee chairman confirms

Brian Stanley told the Dáil: 'If they refuse to attend, we will use our powers to compel them to do so, but they should do the decent thing as public servants and show up.'

Tue, 04 Jul, 2023

RTÉ 'fully committed' to Cork operations as building suitability 'being assessed'

The broadcaster issued a statement on Monday after reports that it may be forced to sell off assets

Mon, 03 Jul, 2023

RTÉ should face garda probe over finances - Donnelly

After a bruising week for the broadcaster, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar also said he cannot rule out the possibility that some payments at RTÉ were 'on the wrong side of the law'

Sat, 01 Jul, 2023

RTÉ executives invited to media committee once again

The committee met yesterday and has decided to formally invite RTÉ executives, who appeared on Wednesday, back next week

Sat, 01 Jul, 2023

Delay in making RTÉ payment scandal public causing 'tensions' in Department

PAC chairman Brian Stanley has said that the “choreography” of the announcement of the Ryan Tubridy revelations by RTÉ to staff was "interesting"

Sat, 24 Jun, 2023

PAC suspends meeting with Central Bank following 'frustrating' interaction

Dáil committee had been due to hear from Central Bank governor but was informed he was attending a different meeting

Thu, 23 Feb, 2023

Watchdog says PAC inflated number of complaints in criticism of National Lottery

The disputed statement was made by Chair of the Public Accounts Committee Brian Stanley at a combative November 24 meeting of the committee

Mon, 26 Dec, 2022

Concerns raised about lottery funds as 98% of unclaimed prizes spent on marketing

Just 2% allocated for additional prizes as winning lottery players failed to claim more than €124m between 2015 and 2021, investigation reveals

Fri, 25 Nov, 2022

National Broadband Plan contractor hit with sanctions for failing to meet targets

The contractor delivering the €2. 7bn National Broadband Plan has been hit with sanctions of more than €150,000 for failing to meet its targets this year, with the programme 12 months behind schedule.

Fri, 30 Sep, 2022

Plane not checked in Shannon for Ukraine war-bound weapons

The Ukrainian Antonov 124 transport aircraft landed in Shannon on May 7 having flown from Australia via Japan, Alaska, and Canada

Thu, 02 Jun, 2022

FILE PHOTO The Public Accounts Committee has heard today that the primary contractor building the National Children’s Hospital,

PAC blasts Department's lack of transparency on National Children’s Hospital

Public Accounts Committee chair Brian Stanley decried that the PAC is “being strung along” on the final costs and timelines of the project

Tue, 21 Sep, 2021

UL unable to provide evidence of evaluating €8m site purchase

UL proceeded with the purchase of a vacant site in Limerick city, allegedly for €5m above its value, despite concerns raised by members of its own governing authority.

Thu, 17 Jun, 2021

PAC to seek pay clarity over RTÉ's use of bogus self-employed contracts

'The way this payment was made had to be dragged out of them, TDs told, after broadcaster said previously that the 'details are not made publicly available'

Tue, 25 May, 2021

Turf war breaks out between Oireachtas committees over bogus self-employment

The 'Irish Examiner' has seen a letter to PAC questioning its remit to examine the employment rights issue

Mon, 19 Apr, 2021

PAC in bid to change rule that 'paralyses' spending watchdog

The committee can only question witnesses about accounts audited by the C&AG after Supreme Court ruling

Wed, 31 Mar, 2021

No mandatory hotel quarantining until at least next week

Chair of Public Accounts Committee has called for full clarity around the €25m the HSE has spent on renting out the Citywest Hotel since the start of the pandemic

Fri, 19 Mar, 2021

PAC to probe if Robert Watt had role in setting €292k salary for top health job

Public Accounts Committee has commenced an investigation into the 'excessive' salary

Thu, 14 Jan, 2021

Sinn Féin's online guidelines warn members on avoiding 'trolls'

Guidelines instruct members not to discuss any internal party matters on social media.

Wed, 09 Dec, 2020

McDonald backs Brian Stanley and justifies visit to Sinn Féin member's home

SF leader says Stanley will not stand down as PAC chair, and denies there is censorship within the party

Mon, 07 Dec, 2020

Letter to the Editor: Vote against nurses’ pay was utterly shameful

How often have we heard politicians use this term: “we are all in this together”? TDs get a salary of €98,000 which increases if one is a minister or junior minister. A payment to sit on a committee is additional.

Mon, 07 Dec, 2020

15/01/2013 Sinn Fein TD Brian Stanley TD during a

Michael Clifford: It's Sinn Féin who are the slow learners

One day, perhaps when those who ran the IRA no longer have influence, the Shinners will accept the wrongs committed and leave the past alone

Sat, 05 Dec, 2020

Taoiseach: Brian Stanley's tweets damaged PAC's credibility

Taoiseach Micheál Martin said he wasn't "entirely satisfied" with Mr Stanley's apology to PAC and the committee's credibility is in question

Fri, 04 Dec, 2020

Sinn Féin TD Brian Stanely deletes Twitter account

The Sinn Féin TD says his record of campaiging on LGBTQ+ rights stands, and the meaning of the post had been 'twisted'.

Thu, 03 Dec, 2020

Daniel McConnell: PAC chair Stanley escapes with a fool's pardon

Brian Stanley told his committee colleagues that he was 'genuinely sorry' for sending a tweet appearing to laud two separate IRA operations which led to the deaths of nearly 40 British soldiers

Thu, 03 Dec, 2020

Sinn Féin TD Brian Stanley to apologise for 'insensitive' tweet

PAC chair set to offer full apology but committee members say more action is required

Wed, 02 Dec, 2020

Paul Hosford: For Sinn Féin, and for a United Ireland, there is little to be gained from flippant tweets

There is violence in the DNA of the island of Ireland. That violence only ended 22 years ago and still permeates much of the mindset of a part of the populace on this rock in the Atlantic.

Mon, 30 Nov, 2020

Taoiseach 'shocked and dismayed' at 'deeply offensive' tweet from Sinn Féin TD

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said he was “shocked and dismayed” at the “deeply offensive” tweet sent by Sinn Féin TD and chair of the Public Accounts Committee Brian Stanley.

Mon, 30 Nov, 2020

Institutional abuse fund to be wound down by end of the year

The institutional abuse body, first set up in 2012, said all applications would be fully dealt with by December 11

Wed, 18 Nov, 2020

Coronavirus: Two meat plants confirm positive tests among workers

Two meat processing plants have now confirmed that some staff members have tested positive for Covid-19.

Fri, 01 May, 2020

An Post's international sorting office relocating to new €15m Dublin hub

An Post’s international parcel sorting office has been relocated from Portlaoise to Dublin amid fears the central centre is to close.

Mon, 30 Mar, 2020

Government tight lipped tonight on Oireachtas committee's calls for broadband plan review

The Government is refusing to say if it will accept calls to reform its multi-billion euro broadband plan which could force the project to stay in public ownership and subject it to another in-depth review.

Tue, 20 Aug, 2019

National broadband network should remain in public ownership, Oireachtas Committee recommends

A review carried out by the Communications Committee concluded the existing plan is based on a flawed tendering process and ignored viable alternative options.

Tue, 20 Aug, 2019

Cork mail centre on brink of closure make plea to Minister Bruton

Communications Minister Richard Bruton received correspondence pleading for the retention of An Post’s mail centre in Cork — but not on behalf of any of the others threatened with closure.

Wed, 07 Aug, 2019

Mercosur ‘not a done deal’, Creed tells farmers

Agriculture Minister Michael Creed has urged pleaded with farmers not to desert the Government over the Mercosur trade deal, saying it is “not a done deal” and that Ireland can still make changes to protect the vital farming sector.

Thu, 11 Jul, 2019

McCourt ‘bringing nothing’ to National Broadband Plan

The consortium developing the State’s multibillion-euro national broadband project has been accused of “bringing nothing” to the plan amid claims a separate company is part-funding its investment.

Wed, 22 May, 2019

€5bn National broadband plan faces Oireachtas inquiry

Cross-party support for an Oireachtas committee investigation into the €5bn national broadband plan is likely to be agreed as the Government urges opposition parties to back the plan.

Wed, 15 May, 2019

Govt 'using broadband as an electioneering tool' - Opposition reacts to €3bn broadband plan

The Government's ambitious broadband plan will still come in six times over budget, a decade late and without any guarantees the State will ultimately own the service, the opposition has warned.

Tue, 07 May, 2019

National Broadband Plan could cost €3bn, says Varadkar

The Taoiseach has confirmed the cost of the National Broadband Plan could be around €3 billion.

Tue, 16 Apr, 2019

Dismay as ‘shambolic’ broadband plan ‘hanging by a thread’

Enet has said it remains committed to the National Broadband Plan project despite one of the consortium’s major players dropping out of the process. Enet is the only bidder for the plan.

Mon, 30 Jul, 2018