Hogan, Lowry met after Moriarty findings

Environment Minister Phil Hogan granted disgraced TD Michael Lowry an exclusive meeting and access to department officials just days after the damning findings of the Moriarty Tribunal were published.

The minister met with Mr Lowry and a business group six days after the report’s release in Mar 2011 and after calls by the Taoiseach for the TD to step down.

It was the longest scheduled diary meeting Mr Hogan held with TDs or senators from any party during his first year in office, records obtained by the Irish Examiner reveal.