Fine Gael TD Damien English has resigned as Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment. over his failure to declare ownership of a property.
This comes following a story published by online outlet The Ditch earlier this week, which revealed Mr English failed to declare ownership of another property when applying for planning permission for a Meath home.
He informed the Taoiseach of his decision to resign as minister last night. “Yesterday in an online article, questions were raised about my planning application from 14 years ago. I reviewed this application, made in 2008, and it is clear to me that I failed to inform Meath County Council about ownership of my house in Castlemartin. This was wrong, not up to the standard required and I apologise for doing so.”
