An Bord Pleanála to get second interim chief in 10 months

Separately, the Department of Housing said it is currently putting in place arrangements for the recruitment of a full-term chair and ordinary board members to An Bord Pleanála.

An Bord Pleanála (ABP) is to get its second temporary head in 10 months after the appointment of Peter Mullan to the role of interim chair by the Government.

Mr Mullan will take up the post in early September following the move of Oonagh Buckley to her new job as secretary general at the Department of the Environment.