Candidate seeks inquiry into handling of complaint

A local election candidate has called for an inquiry into the manner in which the ombudsman’s office handled his complaint against Limerick County Council.

Businessman Sean O’Mahony, who is standing as an independent in Newcastlewest, Co Limerick, has secured the support of several TDs, senators and councillors for his call.

Mr O’Mahony, a native of the Killarney area, Co Kerry, already sought a review of the ombudsman’s first investigation into the council’s handling of a planning issue and its decision in 2009 to refuse him planning for a housing development.