Leech role in €4.5m contract to be probed

MONICA LEECH’S involvement in the awarding of a €4.5 million contract to so-called ‘friends of Fianna Fáil’ is expected to be probed by an Oireachtas watchdog this morning.

Martin Cullen has to wait until tomorrow at least to find out if a the State ethics body is to probe the awarding of PR contracts to the minister’s political associate.

Today the Dáil Public Accounts Committee will question Department of the Environment officials on the expenditure of up to €50 million on the aborted roll-out of electronic voting. The majority of this spending took place during Mr Cullen’s tenure in the department.