Company that didn’t exist supported Niall Collins’s home planning application

A letter from a property company that didn’t exist was submitted in support of a planning application for one of Niall Collins’s homes.

Fianna Fáil minister of state Niall Collins lied about homeownership on planning application

Fianna Fáil minister of state Niall Collins lied to conceal his homeownership in a successful planning application.

Ex-minister Damien English forced to surrender Florida rental property after mortgage default

Ex-Fine Gael junior minister Damien English was forced to surrender a Florida investment property after he defaulted on his mortgage repayments.

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.

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.

Comment: The Irish state and the far right – twins separated at birth

“Not far right, just right so far,” is what they say, the Irish ethnonationalists, who seem comfortable with that term, a word that most associate with the far right of the political spectrum.

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.

Comment: Attorney general said the quiet part out loud in slavish ode to state

“There shall be an attorney general who shall be the adviser of the government in matters of law and legal opinion,” reads article 30 of Bunreacht na hÉireann. The most important words here are ‘adviser’ and ‘law’.

Another one: Varadkar ally, Fine Gael councillor asked council to ‘hold off’ on fourth unpublished declaration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.

Comment: No pasarán, no ‘necessary conversations’ led by the establishment

Virgilio Fernández del Real, at almost 100 years old, knew how to deal with fascists.

Donohoe donor Michael Stone pursued by vulture fund over mortgage default on vacant investment property

The businessman at the centre of the Paschal Donohoe donation controversy was pursued in the High Court by a vulture fund over a mortgage default on a now-vacant investment property.