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’.