Planning

Report into Bord Pleanála planning practices sent to Minister

Darragh O’Brien appointed Remy Farrell, senior counsel, to conduct investigation into alleged conflicts of interest at the planning body

Paul Hyde, the deputy chair of An Bord Pleanála, resigned earlier this month.

A report into practices at An Bord Pleanála has been submitted to Darragh O’Brien, the Minister for Housing, following a series of allegations of conflicts of interest at the planning body.

In May, O’Brien appointed Remy Farrell, senior counsel, to conduct a review after allegations that Paul Hyde, the board’s former deputy chair, had failed to declare conflicts of interest during the course of his work on planning decisions. Farrell’s report was submitted to O’Brien ...