Justice minister Helen McEntee’s running mate councillor Sharon Tolan proposed a successful motion to rezone land at risk of flooding owned by a friend and former company co-director.
A general election candidate for Aontú – which criticises government for its failure "to increase social and affordable housing" – objected to a social housing development near her home because she believed it would devalue her own property.
Justice minister Helen McEntee’s Fine Gael running mate Sharon Tolan won’t comment on allegations she made disputed claims to rezone land from tourism to residential – after she negotiated a payment from the developer to her own housing estate’s residents’ association.
A Fine Gael general election candidate sought to have a developer upgrade her home – which she shares with her Fine Gael TD husband – as part of her objection to six new houses.
Irish Bloc Berlin – as well as writers, activists, media and Irish-Palestinian solidarity groups – have addressed an open letter to the Irish and German states and European Union condemning Germany’s role in Israel's ongoing onslaught on Gaza.