No wind farm paper trail as Fáilte Ireland deleted emails

Fáilte Ireland says it had deleted all its former CEO’s emails, confirming there is no paper trail to show how he had handled then-tourism minister Leo Varadkar’s controversial query about a wind farm in Clare that has sparked the ire of Donald Trump.

Last month, the Taoiseach drew criticism after he told a Washington lunch he had telephoned Clare County Council about a proposed wind farm near Trump’s Doonbeg-owned hotel.

Mr Varadkar subsequently said he was mistaken in his recollection of events, and moved to quell the controversy by releasing an email he sent to Fáilte Ireland’s then-CEO Shaun Quinn enquiring about the matter.