‘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.

Health minister Stephen Donnelly driving car untaxed for eight months

Health minister Stephen Donnelly has been driving his family car even though its motor tax expired in September 2022.

An Bord Pleanála chairperson won’t say if she stands over ‘activist judges’ comment

An Bord Pleanála (ABP) chairperson Oonagh Buckley has refused to say if she stands over a controversial remark she made about two High Court judges last month.

Comment: The national media is made up of political organisations

A political organisation is trying to take down the government.

An Bord Pleanála operating without conflict of interest register despite governance turmoil

An Bord Pleanála (ABP) hasn’t had a key policy for conflicts of interest for at least seven weeks – despite all the controversies the authority has been mired in for the last year.

IPAV council members resign over governance and financial issues – ahead of organisation's AGM

Two members of the Irish Professional Auctioneers and Valuers Association (IPAV) governing council have resigned in the past few months over corporate governance and financial transparency failures. The organisation is set to hold its AGM in Dublin at the end of the month.

Comment: The state won’t save us

'I get it how I live it / I live it how I get it' - Rihanna

Ex-Fine Gael TD sold his nursing home to charity he runs

A former Fine Gael TD sold a nursing home he co-owned to a charity despite being one of its directors.

Fianna Fáil minister directly appointed constituency party member to state role

A Fianna Fáil minister of state appointed a constituency ally and party diehard, who has claimed he’ll “kick blueshirts any time”, to a €400-a-meeting-plus-expenses state position without interview.

Limerick County Council: sale of Collins’s wife site ‘was agreed by the members of the Bruff Electoral Area’

Limerick County Council members relied on the decision of Niall Collins and a handful of his colleagues to dispose of a site when they voted to sell it to the junior minister’s wife.