Bodies in receipt of taxpayers’ funds must be fully accountable

One of the great clichés in Ireland is “best practice”. It’s time for some basic practice, writes Fergus Finlay

LIKE most of us, I suspect, I’m sick of reading scandals and shenanigans involving organisations that are publicly funded, and never seem to give more than lip service to any notion of accountability for the money they get.

Some of them don’t even acknowledge their dependence on public money — almost as if they take it for granted.