“The Board has been through a challenging period in recent times.” Speaking on Monday after appointing new board members to An Bord Pleanála, housing minister Darragh O’Brien put himself into the running for understatement of the year. The planning authority was thrown into disarray in early 2022 after allegations were raised of conflicts of interest in board decisions and concerns over personal declarations of deputy chairman Paul Hyde. This led to an internal audit of decisions and the subsequent resignation of Hyde in July 2022. He later received a suspended prison sentence on two charges of making false or misleading…

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