Council chief gave son’s employer permission for large housing development
Meath County Council’s chief executive signed off on a housing development for her son’s employer.
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Illegally converted apartment among Sinn Féin finance director, ard comhairle member's 10 rental properties
Sinn Féin’s director of finance, who serves on the party’s ard comhairle, illegally converted an office into a "wholly substandard" apartment – in which his tenant is still living.
Fianna Fáil minister denies ownership of undeclared development site – despite planning consultant claim
Fianna Fáil junior minister Niall Collins has denied both his ownership of a Limerick development site and his knowledge of a planning consultant – hired by his wife – who sent a letter claiming the Limerick County TD owns the site.
Another one: Varadkar ally, Fine Gael councillor asked council to ‘hold off’ on fourth unpublished declaration
Fine Gael councillor Ted Leddy, close friend and constituency ally of Leo Varadkar, asked Fingal County Council not to to publish one of his attempts at a declaration of interests. The council complied with his request.
SIPO ignored own procedures to shut down complaint against Micheál Martin
The Standards in Public Office Commission (SIPO) ignored its own procedures to decide against pursuing a complaint against Micheál Martin. SIPO shut down the complaint against Martin before it investigated the claims.