State film agency gave 12 percent of Covid-19 fund to board member’s company
Screen Ireland gave almost 12 percent of its entire 2022 Covid-19 grant budget to a company owned by one of its own board members.
Ex-An Bord Pleanála deputy chair Hyde had relationship with senior inspector he ordered to change report
Ex-An Bord Pleanalála (ABP) deputy chairperson Paul Hyde was in a relationship with the senior planning inspector at the centre of one of the authority’s changed reports scandals.
Comment: An Bord Pleanála has become nothing more than a rubber stamp for developers
The received wisdom on An Bord Pleanála (ABP) used to be that it was a truly impartial decision-making body. And it largely was. Unlike many local authorities, the planning tribunals didn’t implicate ABP. It was a part of the planning system where brown envelopes were used only for sending post.
Here’s what a Bord Pleanála inspector copied-and-pasted from a developer’s application for controversial strategic housing development
A Bord Pleanála (ABP) inspector copied-and-pasted into her report a false statement from a developer’s own application for a controversial strategic housing development (SHD).
An Bord Pleanála’s Hyde and Fagan unlawfully refused county Kerry housing development
Disgraced An Bord Pleanála (ABP) ex-deputy chairperson Paul Hyde and board member Michelle Fagan unlawfully refused a county Kerry apartment development. The duo voted against the 32-unit development without a legally required third board member.