A Fine Gael county councillor has been letting an investment property on Airbnb despite a failed planning application to use the dwelling as short-term accommodation.

Multiple affidavits accused the owners' management company (OMC) of a Dublin housing estate of ignoring serious fire safety concerns, The Ditch can reveal.

Justice minister Helen McEntee paid an ex-Fine Gael county councillor charged with alleged charity theft almost €29,000 in state funds for secretarial services.

Being a good European is not the same as doing what is good for Europeans, including those who live in one of the union’s smaller member-states.

SIPO concealed from the public and Oireachtas false donation statements submitted by taoiseach Leo Varadkar.