Ex-DDDA bosses face Oireachtas grilling

Former Dublin Docklands Development Authority (DDDA) board members, Seanie Fitzpatrick, Lar Bradshaw and Paul Moloney will be called before the Oireachtas Public Accounts Committee (PAC) to explain their role in the controversial €412m Irish Glass Bottle (IGB) site debacle.

Department of the Environment official Mary Moylan sat on the board of the DDDA to represent the public interest. She appeared before the PAC yesterday to unveil the chain of events that led to the DDDA — a State body — entering into a 26% joint venture (JV) with the now-bankrupt developer Bernard McNamara in one of the biggest loss-making property deals in the history of the State.

PAC member, Fine Gael TD Paschal Donohue, said he found “incredulous” some of the testimony given by Ms Moylan.