A Fianna Fáil minister of state appointed a constituency ally and party diehard, who has claimed he’ll “kick blueshirts any time”, to a €400-a-meeting-plus-expenses state position without interview.

Limerick County Council members relied on the decision of Niall Collins and a handful of his colleagues to dispose of a site when they voted to sell it to the junior minister’s wife.

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Residents of a housing estate pleaded with Limerick County Council not to sell a children’s recreational site to junior minister Niall Collins's wife.

Fianna Fáil junior minister and ex-county councillor Niall Collins voted to sell council-owned land that was bought by his wife.