Paul Hyde was appointed to planning board after defunct body nominated him

Paul Hyde is currently the subject of multiple investigations into his decision-making at An Bord Pleanála and has stepped aside from his role as deputy chair “without prejudice” until those probes are completed.

The deputy chair of An Bord Pleanála was one of just two people, out of 15 nominations, to be appointed to the planning body’s board in 2014, despite having been nominated by a defunct organisation.

Paul Hyde was appointed to the board in May of 2014 alongside Philip Jones, a former chief planner for Waterford and Kildare County Councils and long-time ABP employee who retired from the body in August 2020.