Tesco and Indaver give €30,000 to An Taisce

THE Department of the Environment said it has no plans to investigate allegations that “serial objectors” who may have links to heritage group An Taisce took money to withdraw objections to planning permission.

The claims were made in the Dáil last March by Fine Gael TD Tom Sheahan, who hit out at “serial objectors” and said he knew of one who “took €25,000 in cash to withdraw an objection to planning permission for two family members on a holding”.

The Kerry South TD claimed “a lot of these people are aligned and associated with An Taisce and the Green Party”.