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 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.
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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.
Fianna Fáil junior minister and ex-county councillor Niall Collins voted to sell council-owned land that was bought by his wife.
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.
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.
I don’t think Limerick is “looking into the abyss as a city” unless the state gives more funding to its local gardaí.
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”.
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 in his Dáil ethics returns.
Landlord Fianna Fáil TD Barry Cowen failed to declare his rental income from farmland that he hadn’t acknowledged his ownership of for almost a decade.