Four years into the mica crisis the Department of Housing didn’t know what measures had been taken to ensure construction materials in affected counties were fit for use and compliant with EU regulations.
A government minister and senior council officials didn’t know who was responsible for quality checks on construction materials at the centre of the mica crisis – an issue on which the European Commission has begun legal proceedings against Ireland.
A senior garda claimed former Policing Authority chair Josephine Feehily used her ex-garda relative to secretly vet him for promotion.
A woman is suing the former head of the Garda National Protective Services Bureau in the High Court over an alleged incident that happened while he was a serving garda.
The attorney general told Darragh O’Brien it may be legally and morally justifiable to require banks to contribute to the state mica scheme because of the benefits they receive.
