Former Sligo Senator secures SIPO position
The Dáil have voted by 87 votes to 57 in favour of appointing the former Sligo Senator Geraldine Feeney to the Standards in public Office Commission. After leaving the Seanad Geraldine Feeney was a registered lobbyist who acted on behalf of the NAGP. The former Senator was nominated…
Government criticised over nomination of former Sligo Senator to SIPO
The government has been criticised for trying to appoint a former NAGP lobbyist to the board of the Standards in Public Office Commission. It comes as SIPO is preparing to investigate the leaking by Leo Varadkar of a confidential document to the National Association of General Practitioners. Former Sligo Fianna…
Sligo councillor ‘in limbo’ as High Court legal proceedings follows SIPO ethics hearings
A Sligo councillor who’s the subject of an ethics investigation says a decision cannot be made in his case until High Court proceedings involving two other councillors are finalised. Sligo Councillor Joe Queenan, Donegal Councillor John O Donnell and Monaghan Councillor Hugh McElvaney were the subject of separate ethics investigations…
Queenan not to be added to Fianna Fail ticket
Sligo County Councillor Joe Queenan has confirmed that he has received an email from party headquarters to say he will not be added to the party ticket to contest the local elections. He has also that he will run as an independent candidate in the 2019 local elections, if he…
Ethics hearings involving Donegal and Sligo councillors set for next week
Ethics hearings involving two councillors from Sligo and Donegal are due to take place in Dublin next week. The hearings arise from undercover interviews with the councillors that were broadcast on an RTE Prime Time programme in December 2015. The hearings, by the Standards in Public Office Commission, are part…
Ethics body to hold public hearings in probe of three councillors
The Standards in Public Office Commission is to hold public hearings later this year as part of its investigation into three councillors from Sligo, Donegal and Monaghan. It arises from interviews with the councillors broadcast in an RTE Prime Time programme almost two and a half years ago. The Standards…
SIPO continues to consider case involving Sligo, Donegal councillors
The Standards in Public Office Commission has confirmed it is continuing to consider the cases of two county councillors from the North West who allegedly breached ethics guidelines by seeming to lobbying or offering to lobby for private gain. It followed their appearance last year on an RTE programme on…