‘Taggart is dangerous’ says board member

THE lengths to which Paschal Taggart will go to impose his authority within Bord na gCon have been described in court documents as “dangerous” by a fellow board member.

High Court documents seen by the Irish Examiner reveal Danny Reilly, who remains a member of the seven-man board, asked the court to prevent Mr Taggart from promoting his own candidate as chief executive of Bord na gCon. Mr Taggart was seeking to overrule the majority decision of a committee which had interviewed candidates for the chief executive’s job.

In an affidavit sworn in the case, and seen by the Irish Examiner, Mr Reilly warns the High Court: “I am further concerned that unless restrained by order of this honourable court, Mr Taggart will continue to behave in what I regard as a dangerous manner with potentially adverse effect for the reputation of the board and more importantly, on the board’s ability to carry out its statutory mandate.”