Ex-FG councillor to face watchdog

A former Fine Gael councillor caught on camera by an undercover reporter seeking £10,000 in cash in return for business favours is set to be brought before an ethics watchdog over the controversy in September.

Hugh McElvaney has been told to appear before a six-member committee of the Standards in Public Office (SIPO), alongside two other councillors, over the 2015 RTÉ Prime Time investigation.

Mr McElvaney, who despite the controversy still holds his seat on Monaghan County Council, was videoed three years ago asking to be paid £10,000 in sterling by a person he believed to be a businesswoman in return for working for investors.