Dublin Port is bringing in private investigators in a bid to uncover the source of a “leak” about spending at the semi-state company. The move follows reports of executives running up credit card bills of more than €500,000 last year. Dublin Port has said it has begun an “immediate investigation into the source of the data leak to establish how it occurred and by whom it was carried out”. Among the credit card spending detailed in a report in the Sunday Independent was the purchase at a cost of €3,000 of a Dublin Airport Gold card — which gives VIP treatment and access at the airport – by communications manager Charlie Murphy. “All credit card expenditure is properly recorded, receipted and authorised.

Source: The Irish Times June 17, 2019 17:00 UTC