Callely’s job in doubt after revelations

GOVERNMENT and Health Service Executive (HSE) officials last night declined to comment on whether Minister of State Ivor Callely was ever in a position to influence any building projects awarded to John Paul Construction.

Callely’s job in doubt after revelations

Although Mr Callely denies any wrongdoing, his position as a junior minister at the Department of Transport is in grave doubt after it emerged that John Paul Construction paid for his house to be painted in the early 1990s.

In 1991, Mr Callely became the youngest ever chairman of the then Eastern Health Board at a time when the board’s headquarters were being refurbished by John Paul Construction.

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