Mick Clifford: The fall from grace of planning chief Paul Hyde

The Cork-born former deputy chair of An Bord Pleanála was central to a cultural shift that saw the stock of the previously unimpeachable organisation plummet to a shocking low

Former An Bord Pleanála deputy chair Paul Hyde at Bandon District Court yesterday. Picture: Dan Linehan

Paul Hyde’s sentence of two months in prison is a low point for the Cork-born former deputy chair of An Bord Pleanála.

He is still a relatively young man, well plugged into the upper echelons of the construction industry, and should be able to retrieve his career in some manner.