IDA Ireland has admitted to repeatedly breaking US law in failing to appropriately declare its finances or activities to the US government for seven years in a row.

A man who lodged planning objections to secure cash payments from property developers is a former Fine Gael election candidate and party official.

I mean the shit was all bad just a week ago  - J Cole

After Fine Gael junior minister Patrick O’Donovan intervened in a planning case – eight months after permission had been granted – Limerick City and County Council illegally reduced a development contribution levy by more than €140,000.

Fine Gael TD Helen McEntee intervened in a planning application on behalf of a family friend and wrongly used the title of minister for justice even though she was on leave at the time.