State to publish probe into financial and governance issues at Inland Fisheries Ireland

The C&AG’s investigation stemmed from a number of disclosures which the agency and the Department of the Environment received in 2022 and 2023, which 'raised concerns around IFI’s governance arrangements and the adequacy of its system of internal control'. Picture: Inland Fisheries Ireland.

The State's accountant will shortly publish an investigation into the financial governance issues at Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI), which saw the body’s entire board stood down in early 2023.

The Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG) said its examination of those issues at IFI — the body with responsibility for preserving Ireland’s inland waterways — “in greater detail” was presented to environment minister Darragh O’Brien on July 25.