Fianna Fáil TD Niamh Smyth never declared property used to secure €350,000 public funding
Fianna Fáil TD Niamh Smyth has repeatedly failed to declare her interest in a property she twice claimed to own in planning applications.
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Fianna Fáil silent on €600,000 gift left in independent election candidate’s will
Fianna Fáil has refused to say if it accepted a €600,000 gift recently left to it in the will of a deceased independent election candidate.
‘I am not your employer’: Iceland owner hides behind opaque corporate structures as retailer issues legal proceedings against union
The owner of Iceland stores in Ireland – whose workers late last week wrote to management saying they hadn’t been paid – is refusing to take responsibility for ongoing mistreatment of employees, using a range of opaque structures in an attempt to hide his ownership.
An Bord Pleanála chairperson participated in just one percent of board decisions – including the approval of twice-refused strategic housing development
Since her appointment to An Bord Pleanála (ABP), chairperson Oonagh Buckley has only voted in four planning cases – one of which was a twice-refused strategic housing development in north Dublin.
One of the country's biggest developers blames planning policy for the housing crisis. It's sitting on successful applications for 5,000 units
One of Ireland’s largest property developers has claimed state planning policy is the biggest obstacle to building homes – despite boasting in its annual report that it’s sitting on successful planning applications for more than double its usual output.