Cullen bid to stamp out planning corruption

LOCAL authority officials and councillors will be forced to reveal their interests in property and business from next month as part of a drive to stamp out planning corruption.

Anyone who fails to comply with the new rules faces fines of up to 12,700 and two years in jail.

County councils and local authorities will be notified of the arrangements in the coming days, which will prohibit staff from accepting favours in exchange for work they carry out while in office.