Former VEC chair defends his actions

A former chairman of County Cork VEC has defended his role in unsanctioned lease and loan arrangements at a youth facility in Mallow.

Councillor Noel O’Connor said he had done nothing wrong and only ever acted in the best interests of the VEC to progress a positive project.

County Cork VEC (CCVEC) has been asked by the Department of Education to account for two unauthorised leases it signed in 2008 and 2011 for the same property at Ballyellis.