Council rejects claims it wasted €40m by failing to stick to own plan

One of Ireland’s most expensive local authority’s has rejected claims it wasted more than €40m on botched planning projects since 2005 by failing to follow its own development plan.

Figures published by An Taisce show Dublin City Council splurged the funds on 26 ultimately failed projects over the seven- year period.

According to the 31-page report, the council spent the money — €500,000 every month or just under €16,000 a day during the period — on doomed plans.