Person: Martin Macken

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We won’t get a receipt for this, but that’s the price of public life

WHO really exerts influence in this country? Is there a golden circle of insiders that dominate decision-making in government? Is opinion manipulated by a select cohort of furtive authoritative figures?

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Interim senators not yet named

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Dáil probe into Cullen’s PR adviser deal

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Taxpayers face €9.2m bill for Cullen advisers

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€2m PR bill for abandoned e-voting

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Cullen adviser sat on interview panel that awarded e-voting contract

Ahern ‘did not delay’ Mahon probe

TAOISEACH Bertie Ahern last night denied allegations he had delayed the investigations of the Mahon Tribunal and had not co-operated fully with requests for documentation.

Tue, 10 Feb, 2004

Charlie spends 750,000 on Punchestown event

FINANCE Minister Charlie McCreevy will spend 750,000 hosting fellow EU finance ministers at a summit at his favoured venue, Punchestown Racecourse, next May.

Fri, 12 Dec, 2003

FF predicts winning 81 seats

Fine Gael’s director of elections, Finbar Fitzpatrick, believes the party's seat losses could run into the mid-teens. The party could be facing a loss of eight seats or more in Dublin alone.

Sat, 18 May, 2002

Ahern gives FF pre-election lift

Taoiseach Bertie Ahern issued a pre-general election rallying call to Fianna Fail tonight in the wake of this week’s humbling abortion referendum defeat.

Fri, 08 Mar, 2002