Joan Burton wants all Siteserv details released

All relevant details about the sale of Siteserv to a Denis O’Brien-owned company should be made public, Tánaiste Joan Burton has said, amid revelations of a surge in share sales in the month before the first confidential offers for the firm.

The Labour leader said she wants the details to be published as opposition TDs called for the release of the Siteserv share register — which will explain who bought the shares and when — and for the stock exchange to open an investigation into the matter.

Details revealed at the weekend show there was a sudden upsurge in share sales in the month before the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation (IBRC) began to receive the first bids for Siteserv as part of a confidential sale process.