Taoiseach's Dublin apartment not on Dail register because it's in his wife's name

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has revealed that the apartment he lives in when in Dublin is not registered on the Dáil register because it is in his wife’s name.

Mr Martin’s family also has a holiday home in Courtmacsherry, Cork, which is not mentioned on the Members’ interests register either. The Taoiseach lists his property interests as ‘Nil’ on the official Dáil record.

Fianna Fáil junior minister, Robert Troy, was forced to resign last month after his failure to properly declare 11 properties he owned on his own Dáil record. The Westmeath TD was the subject of a sustained series of stories concerning his property interests and he admitted making “mistakes” on what he disclosed to the Dáil authorities.