John Devitt

There is little evidence that Ireland 'has significantly reduced corruption' since 2012. In fact, most of the effort placed in reducing it happened in the late '90s. We're a scandal away from sliding right back down the index. transparency.ie/news_events/co…

This article by Sam Smyth on Michael Lowry is free to read on @thecurrency today. It is sad to see this government cave in to him. thecurrency.news/articles/18019…

Corruption risk is a ‘grave and imminent threat to national security’... transparency.ie/news_events/co… #CPI2024 #Ireland #Corruption

The mask is well and truly off

Good piece - worth adding that privacy laws aren't the reason we can't access information on companies that are used to launder money in Ireland. It's the misinterpretation and abuse of those same laws that are the problem. #WeakLinks #UnitedAgainstCorruption

💰🌍 Transparency International Ireland's new report Weak Links exposes the vulnerabilities enabling illicit financial flows in Ireland. 📉 Strengthening oversight is critical to curb #corruption and financial crime. 🚨 Read more: transparency.ie/news_events/we… #UnitedAgainstCorruption #IllicitFinance #Transparency Thanks to: @OCCRP @anticorruption @JMulliganIndo @egan_sc @PartnerLawForum

Thirteen years ago Micheál Martin called on Michael Lowry to resign from the Dáil after our highest from of public inquiry found his actions to be "profoundly corrupt" to a "breathtaking degree".

Digicel tells creditors it is facing US justice department Foreign Corrupt Practices probe irishtimes.com/business/2024/… via @IrishTimes

Next, @jkdevitt of @Transparency_ie and @uniofgalway shares his research on leading with integrity in #anticorruption practice

@DCU_ARC @Transparency_ie @uniofgalway Many thanks for having me again! Always come away humbled and inspired by the amount of quality research being done to understand the impact of corruption and ways of fighting it - all we need to do now is convince our public representatives to do the same! 🧐

Great to see so many colleagues & students from across @DCU (and @tcddublin & @ucddublin) for the opening session of our autumn research workshop @BusinessDCU. The focus this year is on early career researchers. The future of #AntiCorruption research in Ireland is very bright!

Do not obey in advance. Lesson 1, first page, of my pamphlet "On Tyranny"

'Inconceivable that Oireachtas members are not receiving gifts' - but only one TD has declared any since last election m.independent.ie/irish-news/inc… via @Independent_ie @MarkLTighe @jkdevitt

NEW: ‘€400k spent on home for use by family of friend of ex-McVerry CEO’ More revelations about the Peter McVerry Trust from @MurphyPaule: READ: rte.ie/news/primetime… #rtept | @RTENews

The normalisation of Putinists in the UK (Reform), France (Le Pen), and Germany (AfD) is one of the underreported stories of our time. Supporting Putin, and their rejection of the energy transition away from fossil fuels - which, again, supports Putin’s primary revenue stream - is the dangerous agenda they all share.

HMRC has failed to fine a single ‘enabler’ of offshore tax fraud in five years theguardian.com/politics/artic…

Debunked: Fabricated quotes and made-up commentators feature in 'vote-rigging' news story jrnl.ie/6407123 via @thejournal_ie

TI Ireland has been made aware of false quotes attributed to it on a website making allegations of vote rigging during the recent local elections. We have not been presented with any evidence of electoral fraud in relation to the local or European elections. transparency.ie/news_events/st…

Hidden Figures: Just 8% of political donations had source publicly disclosed over four years (via @thejournal_ie) jrnl.ie/6384158

In the UK we’re not allowed to read the @NewYorker piece about Lucy Letby. But we can celebrate those who never stop asking questions, My column prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/6630…

Transparency International Ireland (TI Ireland) are seeking to recruit a Programme Manager (Maternity Cover) to lead the Integrity at Work Programme (IAW). If you want to help promote safer working environments for anyone reporting concerns about wrongdoing, we want to hear from you! Closing Date for applications: 2 June 2024 at 11.59pm. For more details see: transparency.ie/news_events/va…