FF members demand info on investigation into council irregularities

TWO Fianna Fáil members of Waterford County Council last night demanded to know if a private investigator had been hired to probe irregularities within the council’s own planning department.

A member of staff in the planning section has been suspended on full pay for the past seven months as an in-depth garda investigation is continuing into the irregularity allegations.

Yesterday a meeting of the council in Dungarvan was asked by Cllr Kevin Wilkinson if in fact a private investigator has now been hired by the local authority to assist in the investigation.