Oireachtas authorities are to respond to disgraced TD Michael Lowry on whether he failed to properly declare his interests as a committee considers whether to investigate the matter.

ACCUMULATED profits at Michael Lowry’s refrigeration business last year fell by almost €150,000, new figures show.

GARUDA, the refrigeration company owned by former Fine Gael minister Michael Lowry, saw pre-tax profits fall by a third to €354,046 last year.