Councillor facing significant legal bill following failed High Court bid to halt ethics inquiry

A county councillor faces a significant legal bill arising out of his failed High Court bid to halt an ethics inquiry into comments he made while being secretly filmed by RTE's Primetime Programme.

Councillor facing significant legal bill following failed High Court bid to halt ethics inquiry
Tue, 10 Sep, 2019 - 14:31
Aodhan O'Faolain and Ray Managh

A county councillor faces a significant legal bill arising out of his failed High Court bid to halt an ethics inquiry into comments he made while being secretly filmed by RTÉ's Primetime Programme.

At the High Court on Tuesday Mr Justice Garrett Sims ruled that Monaghan County Councillor Hugh McElvaney should pay the legal costs of proceedings the politician brought against the Standards in Public Office Commission.

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