Politics
Taoiseach and Tánaiste back Collins but say he should not have attended meeting
Micheál Martin said it would have better “in hindsight” if Collins had recused himself from the council’s Bruff local electoral area committee when the property sale first came up
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and Tánaiste Micheál Martin have said that it would have been better “in hindsight” if Minister of State Niall Collins had stepped out of a meeting on the sale of a property which was later bought by Collins' wife.
Collins was a member of Limerick County Council when the sale of a property in Patrickswell in Limerick was recommended by the council’s Bruff local electoral area committee in 2007.
The property was ...
