Another attorney general, another landlord: Rossa Fanning owns two Dublin 6 rentals worth around €1.5m
Attorney general Rossa Fanning owns a rental property portfolio worth around €1.5 million.
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Niall Collins refuses to address further anomalies discovered in planning file
Embattled junior minister Niall Collins has refused to explain the circumstances in which he secured an extension of time to planning permission for his house.
Niall Collins’s marriage certificate shows he didn’t live in his parents’ house – like he claimed
Niall Collins’s marriage certificate confirms he wasn’t living in his parents’ home at the time of his 2001 planning application as he claimed.
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.