Mick Clifford: Claims of Irish Planning Institute whistleblower still not fully addressed

An external report into the actions of the former executive director of the Irish Planning Institute highlighted a number of still unanswered concerns, writes Mick Clifford

The issue that led to the Irish Planning Institute’s travails was one of the most controversial planning policies of recent decades, Strategic Housing Developments (SHD), introduced in 2018, ostensibly to speed up planning. Picture: Denis Minihane

Clarification: The Irish Examiner published this article on 26 January 2023 in relation to a confidential report carried out by EY concerning Orla Purcell in her role as Executive Director of the Irish Planning Institute. The Irish Examiner has never asserted and does not assert that the contents of that EY report are true, or that Orla Purcell was guilty of any wrongdoing.

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Conor Norton was on his way home from work when he got the call from a whistleblower.