Mick Clifford: Can An Bord Pleanála rehabilitate itself as a functioning institution?

Several issues have come to the fore in recent years that give rise to serious concern about the planning board, not least potential conflicts of interest and questions about its independence, writes Mick Clifford

An Bord Pleanála: Public confidence demands that the board be seen to be independent. Picture: Gareth Chaney/Collins Dublin

On May 10, Rachel Kenny spoke at a developers’ investment conference in the Clayton Hotel in Dublin.

Ms Kenny is the director of planning at An Bord Pleanála. The conference was organised by estate agents Hooke & McDonald.