The coalition leaders have said that Minister of State Niall Collins should have recused himself from a council meeting discussing the sale of land that was later bought by his wife.
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and Tánaiste Micheál Martin both denied suggestions that Minister Collins “broke the law”. It follows a story by online outlet The Ditch regarding the sale of a site in Patrickswell, Co Limerick, in 2007 and 2008.
Documents obtained by the Irish Mirror show that Minister Collins attended a Local Area Committee meeting in January 2007 where the idea of selling the land was first discussed. It does not appear that there was a vote on the matter. Councillors were told that there had been several expressions of interest in the land.
