Planning

Two more senior members of An Bord Pleanála leave planning body

Departure of Michelle Fagan and resignation of Maria Fitzgerald comes amid a backlog of cases at the state agency

Darragh O’Brien, the Minister for Housing. Picture: RollingNews.ie

Two more senior members of An Bord Pleanála have left their roles at the state agency in recent weeks.

The departure of Michelle Fagan and the resignation of Maria Fitzgerald from the planning body comes at a time when the State is seeking to boost the number of board members in order to deal with an increasing backlog of cases.

Fagan, who was first appointed to An Bord Pleanála in 2018, left her role after ...