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‘Ethical standards in public life matter’: Bord Pleanála deputy chair Paul Hyde jailed for 2 months

Hyde lodged an appeal and the matter is now likely to go to the circuit court

Paul Hyde had pleaded guilty. Picture: PA

The former Deputy Chairman of An Bord Pleanala, Paul Hyde, has received two jail sentences of two months each for breaches of planning laws, with the sentencing judge stating that "ethical standards in public life matter".

Hyde, 50, had pleaded guilty last Tuesday to two offences contrary to Section 147 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, with Judge James McNulty hearing that one small parcel of land in Cork City - known as a ...