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.

Q&A: What are the allegations against Niall Collins?

What are the allegations against Niall Collins?

Locals pleaded with council not to sell children’s recreational site to Niall Collins’s wife

Residents of a housing estate pleaded with Limerick County Council not to sell a children’s recreational site to junior minister Niall Collins's wife.

Niall Collins voted to sell public land bought by wife who’s now negotiating sale of social housing on site

Fianna Fáil junior minister and ex-county councillor Niall Collins voted to sell council-owned land that was bought by his wife.

Comment: A quarter-century after the Good Friday Agreement and the Troubles are a politically expedient punchline for the southern establishment

In February 2022, during leaders’ questions, Mary Lou McDonald accused Fianna Fáil of exacerbating the housing crisis by giving preferential treatment to so-called cuckoo funds.

Irish fund, already one of state's biggest landlords, buys 150 second-hand homes for rental market in six months

A single Irish fund, already one of the biggest landlords in the state, has in the last six months bought more than 150 second-hand homes.

Comment: This peace is political

I don’t think Limerick is “looking into the abyss as a city” unless the state gives more funding to its local gardaí.

The vast majority of Irish Airbnbs are illegal. Two law students are going after them

A former Labour Party TD wants you to think that “Airbnb recognises the historic housing challenges facing Ireland” and that the company wants “to be part of the solution”.

‘Fuck off and leave me alone’: Heather Humphreys on her derelict flats

Heather Humphreys today refused to explain to The Ditch why she’s never sought planning permission for using two derelict residential properties she owns as office storage.

Fianna Fáil TD Cathal Crowe hasn’t declared farming income as legally required

Fianna Fáil TD Cathal Crowe hasn’t declared farming income in his Dáil ethics returns.