Former City minister Myners joins Co-op Group board on £1 salary
Myners joins with immediate effect to oversee governance review in wake of Paul Flowers drugs scandal Lord Myners will be paid a token £1 for his efforts to restore Co-op Bank’s reputation....
View ArticleLittle clarity - or humility - but plenty of searching questions for CRC...
After five and a half hours of brazen denial, long-winded explanation and tortuous grand-standing, we ended up where we started out. We had no clarity over who authorised charitable funds to be used...
View ArticleLack of evidence after costly inquiry
Over the course of months, most of Wellington's elite were summoned to a meeting room deep within the central city tower building occupied by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade and asked to...
View ArticleAFL chief Andrew Demetriou warns Essendon players may still face infraction...
Essendon players train on Wednesday even as AFL chief Andrew Demetriou issued a warning to the club. Photo: Getty Images AFL chief Andrew Demetriou has delivered a sobering warning to Essendon's...
View ArticleWeapon to blame: Bombers
Essendon has defended its contrasting treatment of Dean Robinson and James Hird, declaring responsibility for the club's supplements program lay chiefly with high performance boss Robinson rather than...
View ArticleClimate of fear during inquisition
Over the course of months, most of Wellington's elite were summoned to a meeting room deep within the central city tower building occupied by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade and asked to...
View ArticleCharity donations ‘plummet 40%’ in wake of CRC revelations
Charity donations have plummeted by up to 40 per cent in the wake of the top-up payments controversy, according to Fundraising Ireland. The umbrella group for professional fundraisers said charities...
View ArticleHSE takes over CRC after board resigns
has appointed an interim administrator to run the Central Remedial Clinic. It will put in place new governors to oversee the organisation following the resignation of its board of directors last night...
View ArticleReport on BBC severance packages (The United Kingdom Parliament)
(Source: The United Kingdom Parliament) The Public Accounts Committee publishes its 33rd report on BBC severance packages. The Rt Hon Margaret Hodge MP, Chair of the Committee of Public Accounts, today...
View ArticleMajority less likely to donate to charity since top-ups controversy
A substantial majority of Irish people are less likely to contribute to charity because of the top-ups controversy, according to the latest Irish Times, Ipsos MRBI opinion poll. The poll also showed...
View ArticleExecutive Pay Cut - Yaw Boadu Ayeboafo Writes...
The decision by the President and all those who work under the Executive to reduce their monthly salaries by 10 per cent, and the amount used to provide primary health care infrastructure in deprived...
View ArticleUn-bankable institutions
What do I expect of my bank? Thirty years ago, my answer to that rhetorical question would have been simple: I expect financial expertise and complete trustworthiness in the provision of a service. My...
View ArticleCompTIA Partner Advisory Council Helps Four Groups with Charitable Donations...
(Source: compTIA - Computing Technology Industry Association) Downers Grove, Ill., December 17, 2013 - The Partner Advisory Council of CompTIA, the non-profit association for the information technology...
View ArticleWintershall supports social and charitable organisations (Wintershall...
(Source: Wintershall Holding GmbH) Kassel. With its traditional Christmas donation, Wintershall supports locally based charitable organisations. This year the focus is on organisations that provide...
View ArticleSt Vincent’s refuses to provide details of allowances for senior staff
CARL O’BRIEN and MARTIN WALL St Vincent’s University Hospital has refused to tell a HSE audit into top-up payments how much it has been paying senior staff in private allowances. In an update to its...
View ArticleSt Vincent’s refuses to provide allowance details for senior staff
CARL O’BRIEN and MARTIN WALL St Vincent’s University Hospital has refused to tell a HSE audit into top-up payments how much it has been paying senior staff in private allowances. In an update to its...
View ArticleReilly warns St Vincent’s over failing to co-operate with top-up audit
Minister for Health James Reilly has warned that St Vincent’s University Hospital faces “serious consequences” if it fails to co-operate with a HSE audit on top-up payments. Dr Reilly was speaking...
View ArticleReilly warns Vincent’s of 'serious consequences' over top-ups
Minister for Health James Reilly has warned that St Vincent’s University Hospital faces “serious consequences” if it fails to co-operate with a HSE audit on top-up payments. Dr Reilly was speaking...
View ArticleEx-AIG executives pursue NY ethics complaint
Former American International Group executives are pursuing an ethics complaint against the New York prosecutors still bringing the charges that cost them their jobs at the insurance giant in 2005....
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