Dermot Bannon fails to clear up grant scheme queries

Mr Bannon attended the launch of Wilkinsons Brook in Hollystown, having been involved in the design of the estate, developed by the Glenveagh construction company. Picture: Mark Stedman

Celebrity architect Dermot Bannon walked off amid questions from journalists as to why he received a private briefing from the Department of Housing on a grant scheme repeatedly mentioned in the most recent season of RTÉ’s Room to Improve.

The TV show host was attending a Land Development Agency (LDA) housing launch in Hollystown, Co Dublin, alongside a series of Government ministers, including Housing Minister Darragh O’Brien.