During a cost-of-living crisis that’s hitting private tenants harder than most, a Fianna Fáil minister is letting a one-bed flat for €1,550 a month.

An Bord Pleanála (ABP) unlawfully ruled on 65 percent of cases involving alterations to strategic housing developments (SHDs) – affecting over 12,000 residential units. SHDs, currently being phased out, are fast-tracked developments of 100 or more residential units.

An Bord Pleanála (ABP) board member Michelle Fagan granted permission for a development brought by a former employee of hers – overruling an ABP inspector in the process.

Ex-Bord Pleanála (ABP) deputy chairperson Paul Hyde twice granted planning permission in cases involving his cousin – the son of a former Fine Gael Senator.

A cocaine operation was discovered at the Irish headquarters of a company organising healthcare for Irish patients in Spain in partnership with the HSE.