An Bord Pleanála 'had to be helped' following year of scandal

Oonagh Buckley: Board has sourced seven new members in past year. Picture: Leah Farrell/RollingNews.ie

The interim head of An Bord Pleanála has said that the organisation “could not be allowed to go under” after a year of scandal brought the body to its knees.

“It had to be helped,” Oonagh Buckley told the annual conference of the Irish Planning Institute in Clonmel.