Cianan Brennan

@ciananbrennan

Journalist @irishexaminer. All views my own. DMs open, Threema ID PASBPCSA, [email protected]

Dublin, Ireland

Joined February 2009

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Cianan Brennan@ciananbrennan · Jul 2

Piece from a strange day in a tiny courtroom Cianan Brennan: McGregor makes a circus of the courts irishexaminer.com/opinion/commen…

ciananbrennan's tweet card. All the anticipation and speculation regarding the fresh evidence would be for nothing

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Cianan Brennan@ciananbrennan · Jun 17

One thing the Covid inquiry should establish is how a festival management company got paid €14m for ventilators that didn't work while an actually qualified firm got screwed over completely Inquiry should include probe into procurement of ventilators irishexaminer.com/opinion/commen…

ciananbrennan's tweet card. The Narooma verdict shows that in Ireland if you want justice, you’ll have to get it for yourself, and be prepared to wait a long, long time for it, writes Cianan Brennan

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Cianan Brennan@ciananbrennan · Jul 11

TD asks why civil service did not notice €1.4m payment gap in just 19 employees' pensions irishexaminer.com/news/arid-4166…

ciananbrennan's tweet card. PAC also hears that the number of similarly affected civil servants or ministers is unlikely to be as many as the 13,000 mentioned by Jack Chambers earlier this year

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Cianan Brennan@ciananbrennan · Jul 10

Government’s appeal of fine over Public Services Card a 'waste of taxpayer’s money', says expert irishexaminer.com/news/arid-4166…

ciananbrennan's tweet card. A spokesperson for the Department of Social Protection said that the decision to appeal had been taken on consultation with the Attorney General

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Cianan Brennan@ciananbrennan · Jul 9

Don't think this is much better

FFergal Lynch@truefergallynch · Jul 9

Meath will wear their regular home green jersey on Sunday and Donegal will wear their regular yellow shirt...

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Cianan Brennan@ciananbrennan · Jul 9

'Hard to envisage' why State agencies disagree on postmasters' employment status, report finds irishexaminer.com/news/arid-4166…

ciananbrennan's tweet card. Separately, it emerged on Tuesday that 257 post offices have closed across Ireland over the past decade, 34 of them in Cork

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Cianan Brennan@ciananbrennan · Jul 9

Here we go again... Department takes legal action against DPC over order to cease processing Public Services Card biometric data irishexaminer.com/news/arid-4166…

ciananbrennan's tweet card. The department of social protection had not replied to a request for comment at the time of publication

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Cianan Brennan@ciananbrennan · Jul 8

Personal injury awards fall with new guidelines for payments in effect irishexaminer.com/news/courtandc…

ciananbrennan's tweet card. The Courts Service reported that last year, personal injury awards were down 45% year-on-year from 2023, with the number of such cases also falling by 41% compared with 2019

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Cianan Brennan@ciananbrennan · Jul 8

Previously, the HSE had only itemised such waiting lists as '52-weeks+', so anything longer than a year would be listed in the one cohort... Children waiting up to 13 years for primary care assessment @LiamQuaide irishexaminer.com/news/arid-4166…

ciananbrennan's tweet card. The figures show children's waiting times for an initial psychology, occupational therapy, or physiotherapy assessment

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Cianan Brennan@ciananbrennan · Jul 3

'I have nothing to hide': New role for former chief of scandal-hit CHI cost State €123k in legal fees irishexaminer.com/news/arid-4166…

ciananbrennan's tweet card. Eilish Hardiman’s contract was renewed amid several scandals at CHI, including the insertion of non-medical grade springs into the spines of children during surgery and the alleged carrying out of...

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Cianan Brennan@ciananbrennan · Jul 2

Court of Appeal to refer McGregor evidence withdrawal to DPP for possible criminal investigation irishexaminer.com/news/courtandc…

ciananbrennan's tweet card. Lawyers for Nikita Hand claim the application aimed to damage her reputation and accuse McGregor of potential perjury

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Cianan Brennan@ciananbrennan · Jul 2

Conor McGregor's withdrawal of 'fresh evidence' should be referred to DPP, Nikita Hand's lawyers say irishexaminer.com/news/courtandc…

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Cianan Brennan@ciananbrennan · Jul 2

Legal costs of Conor McGregor civil assault trial vastly exceeds damages paid to Nikita Hand, court told irishexaminer.com/news/courtandc…

ciananbrennan's tweet card. Court of Appeal hearing to decide whether decision by trial judge to award costs against Mr McGregor’s co-defendant James Lawrence should be overturned heard Mr Lawrence would get costs from Nikita...

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Cianan Brennan@ciananbrennan · Jun 24

Dublin ETB fined €125,000 for data protection breaches irishexaminer.com/news/arid-4165…

ciananbrennan's tweet card. The fine is the second largest levied by the commission on an Irish State body.

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Cianan Brennan@ciananbrennan · Jun 24

Notices of termination 'main driver of homelessness for families in Dublin' irishexaminer.com/news/arid-4165…

ciananbrennan's tweet card. Dublin Region Homeless Executive will tell Oireachtas housing committee such notices account for 42% of families entering homelessness to date in 2025

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Cianan Brennan@ciananbrennan · Jun 23

'Significant concerns' around performance of An Garda Síochána as only four of 18 targets met irishexaminer.com/news/courtandc…

ciananbrennan's tweet card. The Policing and Community Safety Authority found inadequate resources, challenges around the force’s IT capacity, legislative delays, and additional training needs

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Dr Eemer Eivers@EemerEivers · Jun 17

Cianan, even by Irish standards that’s an extraordinary story. This country… 🤬 I don’t normally use bad language on here but we’re governed by gobshites.

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Cianan Brennan@ciananbrennan · Jun 17

After five years, the HSE has finally been forced to honour a Covid era contract for ventilators with a firm that actually knew what it was doing Court orders HSE to pay Wicklow firm almost €3m for breach of covid ventilators contract irishexaminer.com/news/courtandc…

ciananbrennan's tweet card. The arbitrator ruling upon the case also directed that the HSE be held liable for all legal costs resulting from the action, expected to be an additional €3m

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