Roche diplomatic on Cullen’s Leech appointment

ENVIRONMENT Minister Dick Roche was asked yesterday if he would resign if he found himself in the same position as his predecessor Martin Cullen over the Monica Leech appointment.

The PR consultant’s contract with the Department of the Environment ended the previous day and the position has been scrapped.

Describing the communications strategy in which Ms Leech was involved as “successful”, Mr Roche said the report by former Revenue Commissioners chairman Dermot Quigley was excellent.