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Council planned to lease more homes from British arms firm before government intervention

Last-minute intervention by Department of Housing meant Fingal County Council did not go ahead with leasing of 70 homes from pensions arm of BAE Systems

Fingal County Council had an arrangement with British arms manufacturer BAE Systems and its pension fund

Fingal County Council planned to lease an additional 70 homes from the pension fund of BAE Systems, a British weapons dealer, until a last-minute intervention by the Department of Housing.

Last year, the Business Post revealed that the local authority signed deals in 2021 to lease more than two dozen homes from the fund to use as social housing, despite state guidelines banning deals with arms makers.

New records obtained by this newspaper under Freedom ...