“We are a very high-performing organisation,” a senior executive of Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) told the Dáil’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) in December.
“We punch well above our weight.”
The executive was speaking about the organisation’s work in fisheries and environmental protection.
The remark generated some eye rolling across parts of Government where senior figures point to its involvement in a fair share of controversies in recent years.
A Comptroller and Auditor General report last October identified serious deficiencies in internal controls including dozens of credit cards given to employees and an uninsured vehicle involved in a crash leading to a €230,000 repair bill.
This week, internal infighting that had been going on at the highest level behind closed doors burst out into the open at the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC).
In a case taken under unfair dismissal and…
Treat every unsolicited “urgent” communication from a bank or government agency as a potential “Vishing” or “Smishing” attack, regardless of how official the branding or phone number appears.