Fáilte Ireland board member did not disclose foreign holiday

Fáilte Ireland staff are "in shock" after board member Breege O'Donoghue's resignation. File picture: Dara Mac Donaill

Breege O'Donoghue did not disclose any foreign holidays to Fáilte Ireland in the wake of the chairman's resignation, despite being asked directly, the Irish Examiner can reveal.

Staff in Fáilte Ireland are "in shock" after the resignation of the second board member on Tuesday night after an Irish Examiner investigation revealed that the former Penneys chief executive had spent time at her holiday home in Marbella, Spain, for week-long periods in July and August. Spain is not on Ireland's green list for travel.