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Comment: An Bord Pleanála has become nothing more than a rubber stamp for developers

Comment: An Bord Pleanála has become nothing more than a rubber stamp for developers

3 years ago 4 min read
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.
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Roman Shortall
By: Roman Shortall
Here’s what a Bord Pleanála inspector copied-and-pasted from a developer’s application for controversial strategic housing development

Here’s what a Bord Pleanála inspector copied-and-pasted from a developer’s application for controversial strategic housing development

3 years ago 3 min read
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).
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The Ditch editors
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An Bord Pleanála’s Hyde and Fagan unlawfully refused county Kerry housing development

An Bord Pleanála’s Hyde and Fagan unlawfully refused county Kerry housing development

3 years ago 1 min read
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.
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The Ditch editors
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Robert Troy’s annual asset declarations among those lost by Westmeath County Council

Robert Troy’s annual asset declarations among those lost by Westmeath County Council

3 years ago 1 min read
Ex-junior minister Robert Troy’s annual asset declarations are among those Westmeath County Council (WCC) says it has lost. The local authority also refused to say if it purchased any other properties from the Longford-Westmeath TD.
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The Ditch editors
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Ervia chief legal officer appointed herself to investigate energy whistleblower allegations

Ervia chief legal officer appointed herself to investigate energy whistleblower allegations

3 years ago 3 min read
The chief legal officer at Ervia appointed herself to investigate an internal allegation of significant wrongdoing at one of the state utility company’s subsidiaries.
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