Brennan predicts let-off for Cullen over PR contracts

TRANSPORT Minister Martin Cullen may well be exonerated this week by the independent inquiry into contracts awarded to PR consultant Monica Leech, a senior Cabinet colleague predicted last night.

Minister for Social and Family Affairs Seamus Brennan said last night that he had a ‘hunch’ the embattled minister carried out procedures properly.

Speaking on RTÉ’s The Week in Politics, Mr Brennan said that he had no information on the report by former Revenue head Dermot Quigley into contracts awarded to Ms Leech by the Department of the Environment and the OPW when Mr Cullen was minister.