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Dublin City Council must re-search for records following Ronan FOI request

Information Commissioner is not satisfied that Dublin City Council has sought all potentially relevant departments for records relating to a collapsed tender process to redevelop the historic Pigeon House site in Dublin 4

Johnny Ronan: his Ronan Group Real Estate submitted a Freedom of Information request to Dublin City Council last year after it collapsed the tender process to redevelop land at the historic Pigeon House site in Dublin 4. Picture: Tony Gavin

Dublin City Council must conduct additional searches for material related to a collapsed tender process following a request from Johnny Ronan’s real estate group, according to a decision from the Information Commissioner.

Ronan Group Real Estate (RGRE) submitted a Freedom of Information (FOI) request to Dublin City Council (DCC) last year after it collapsed the tender process to redevelop land at the historic Pigeon House site in Dublin 4.

This came after DCC had selected ...