Fine Gael minister of state Josepha Madigan defaulted on investment property mortgage

Fine Gael junior minister Josepha Madigan defaulted on the mortgage of an investment property.

Fine Gael minister of state Josepha Madigan has never declared ownership of commercial property

Fine Gael minister of state Josepha Madigan has never declared her ownership of a commercial property since she was elected to the Dáil in 2016. TDs are required under ethics acts to declare their property interests annually. Madigan was required to declare her interest in this property even if it

Comment: On Paul Kehoe and political correctness

Let’s emancipate ourselves from political correctness.

State film agency gave 12 percent of Covid-19 fund to board member’s company

Screen Ireland gave almost 12 percent of its entire 2022 Covid-19 grant budget to a company owned by one of its own board members.

Ex-An Bord Pleanála deputy chair Hyde had relationship with senior inspector he ordered to change report

Ex-An Bord Pleanalála (ABP) deputy chairperson Paul Hyde was in a relationship with the senior planning inspector at the centre of one of the authority’s changed reports scandals.

Comment: An Bord Pleanála has become nothing more than a rubber stamp for developers

The received wisdom on An Bord Pleanála (ABP) used to be that it was a truly impartial decision-making body. And it largely was. Unlike many local authorities, the planning tribunals didn’t implicate ABP. It was a part of the planning system where brown envelopes were used only for sending post.

Here’s what a Bord Pleanála inspector copied-and-pasted from a developer’s application for controversial strategic housing development

A Bord Pleanála (ABP) inspector copied-and-pasted into her report a false statement from a developer’s own application for a controversial strategic housing development (SHD).

An Bord Pleanála’s Hyde and Fagan unlawfully refused county Kerry housing development

Disgraced An Bord Pleanála (ABP) ex-deputy chairperson Paul Hyde and board member Michelle Fagan unlawfully refused a county Kerry apartment development. The duo voted against the 32-unit development without a legally required third board member.

Robert Troy’s annual asset declarations among those lost by Westmeath County Council

Ex-junior minister Robert Troy’s annual asset declarations are among those Westmeath County Council (WCC) says it has lost. The local authority also refused to say if it purchased any other properties from the Longford-Westmeath TD.

Ervia chief legal officer appointed herself to investigate energy whistleblower allegations

The chief legal officer at Ervia appointed herself to investigate an internal allegation of significant wrongdoing at one of the state utility company’s subsidiaries.

Comment: The Irish women's football team have nothing to apologise for – thank them and be on your way

The true meaning of what happened in Hampden Park this week was indivisible.

Green Party minister Roderic O’Gorman failed to act on report of dire conditions in refugee accommodation

Minister for equality Roderic O’Gorman ignored a report of dire conditions in refugee accommodation in Letterkenny, county Donegal.