‘Wrong people’ probing Siteserv sell-off

Government moves to appoint a former High Court judge to oversee the Siteserv probe prove the wrong people are carrying out the investigation, opposition TDs have warned.

Finance Minister Michael Noonan attempted to allay concern that KPMG would be handling the review — despite it being involved in the controversial sale of the firm by former Anglo bank IBRC — by appointing retired High Court Judge Justice Iarfhlaith O’Neill to check for “any actual or perceived conflicts of interests”.

However, rather than defuse the row, the move was seen by opposition TDs as confirmation that the probe into IBRC sales, which lost the taxpayer at least €10m, could be compromised.