Galway County Council says it won’t take any action against the son of a controversial Fianna Fáil councillor who illegally built a house on land he didn’t own – which had been repossessed by a bank and sold to a close friend of his councillor father.
Gsoc leaked a complainant’s entire case file – which concerned a sensitive, personal matter – to another person with the same name.
A Fine Gael Meath county councillor didn’t declare his ownership of 150 acres of farmland, a significant property portfolio, rental income he receives, as well as a beauty salon.
Establishment media lobbied government in an attempt to force employers to advertise certain job vacancies in newspapers.
Fingal County Council’s deputy chief executive didn’t declare a rental contract she has with the local authority – and only submitted an amended declaration after The Ditch requested a copy of the staff ethics register.