Six members of Irish Planning Institute's ruling council resigned amid controversies

Much of the controversy at the IPI arose over internal differences about the controversial Strategic Housing Development (SHD) policy introduced by the Government in 2018 and discontinued following major problems at the end of 2021. File picture: Gareth Fuller/PA Wire

Clarification: The Irish Examiner published this article on 26 January 2023 in relation to a confidential report carried out by EY concerning Orla Purcell in her role as Executive Director of the Irish Planning Institute. The Irish Examiner has never asserted and does not assert that the contents of that EY report are true, or that Orla Purcell was guilty of any wrongdoing.

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Six of the 12-member ruling council of the Irish Planning Institute (IPI) have resigned in recent months in protest at the direction the institute is going following a series of damaging controversies, the Irish Examiner has learned.