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Editorial: Troy failed to act with the transparency that is required from those in public office

Robert Troy’s defensive apology suggests that he does not appreciate the seriousness of his errors

Robert Troy: the former minister of state resigned because he had not disclosed a full list of assets on the Oireachtas register of members’ interests

Last week, Robert Troy tried to shift some of the blame for his predicament from his own errors to what he described as “the narrative being put forward by the media and some in the opposition that landlords are villains”.

Troy, who resigned last week as a minister for state over the controversy, said he accepted his mistakes, but added that he “personally [would] not apologise for being a landlord”, did not grow up with ...