‘Stronger internal checks’ in place at Inland Fisheries Ireland after 50 cases dropped

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) will hear from IFI on Thursday for the first time since the publication of a highly critical special report by the Comptroller and Auditor General into a series of large-scale governance failures.

Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) has said it can “provide assurance” that a situation which saw it drop 50 legal cases at a cost of roughly €200,000 will not be repeated.

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) will hear from IFI on Thursday for the first time since the publication of a highly critical special report by the Comptroller and Auditor General into a series of large-scale governance failures.