Ethics probe launched

AN independent Killarney town councillor is the subject of an ethics investigation, following the funding of improvements by a developer in a local estate.

Kerry County Council confirmed yesterday that Councillor Donal Grady contacted its ethics office to get confirmation that what he was doing was not breaching ethics legislation.

It is understood the issue concerns the development of office and retail units near Pinewood Estate, Killarney, to which Mr Grady objected. He was subsequently approached by the developer who asked him to withdraw his objections. Residents in the estate also withdrew their objections.