Council firms up regulations after ethics probe

KERRY County Council has confirmed it is now complying with a key recommendation by the Standards in Public Office Commission, following a recent investigation by the Commission into two Killarney councillors.

A council spokesman said officials would be reminding elected members of the ethics regulations at the beginning of each council meeting, including town councils in Kerry, when planning matters are on the agenda.

This was recommended in the commission’s report on a probe into Killarney town councilors, Fianna Fáil’s Patrick O’Donoghue and Fine Gael’s Sheila Casey in relation to a zoning controversy.