The Uber Files

Law, as well as smartphones acting as undercover news-gathering cameras, means firms have little control over what becomes public

Whistleblowing is not a regulatory strategy and influencing needs tighter controls

In Ireland’s case, we can see how lobbying can quickly morph into political ventriloquism.

Irishman exposed his former employer’s dirty tricks, so it’s reassuring that Uber lobbying in Ireland ultimately failed

Shane Sutherland was in the cabinet of then-commissioner Phil Hogan when top Uber figure suggested finding him ‘something amazing’

Revelations about Uber a ‘masterclass’ in lobbying that suggests need for standard EU rules on revolving doors, Irish watchdog chief says

Former minister and regulations introducer Brendan Howlin criticises Uber lobbyist John Moran’s notion company could avoid official records by dropping note into house of then minister for finance Michael Noonan

State’s official register points to intensive lobbying by US cab-hailing giant between 2014 and 2017 but does not show full extent of government contacts disclosed in private files

US firm’s former lobbyist John Moran, former Department of Finance secretary general, says he fully disclosed Uber role but will correct returns if required

Leaked records show firm tried to push FG-led government in 2015 and 2016 to loosen taxi regulations

Longford-born Mark MacGann says he is speaking out as firm knowingly flouted laws in some countries

Files reveal American cab-hailing company’s intensive efforts to sway FG ministers and top officials to back rule changes in face of opposition from State’s taxi regulator

Cab-hailing company operates in more than 70 countries and is valued at more than €41 billion

Between 2014 and 2017 the cab-hailing company engaged in intensive but ultimately unsuccessful efforts to seek regulatory change to permit it to operate in Ireland