Lowry’s UK land interest to be probed

The Standards in Public Office Commission (Sipo) has been asked to investigate Michael Lowry’s failure to declare development land in Wigan, England.

The Dáil committee on members’ interests said that, given the volume of complaints received, the case justified a level of inquiry which it was not able to perform.

The committee received 380 complaints from members of the public of foot of reports that Mr Lowry owned a 50% share in a 22-acre development site in Wigan.