Government appointed Designer Group CEO and personal friend of Paschal Donohoe, Michael Stone, to chair an inner-city regeneration body – despite Stone hoarding development sites in the Fine Gael minister’s home constituency.
Paschal Donohoe has refused to explain what he discussed during a two-hour meeting with Designer Group CEO Michael Stone in August 2020.
A second non-performing mortgage of ex-junior minister Damien English was sold to a vulture fund. As was the case with English’s first distressed mortgage, the ex-junior minister has managed to maintain ownership of the property.
Fine Gael minister of state Damien English lied about his home ownership to secure planning permission for a new home.
Leo Varadkar and Darragh O’Brien’s housing conference is to be dominated by property lobbyists – including the group that has claimed credit for selling the idea of strategic housing developments to government.
