Fingal County Council has again refused a request from a McEnaney family company for planning retention to regulate the unauthorised use of buildings at a Swords hotel for emergency asylum accommodation.  The company, Brimwood Unlimited, controlled by former GAA manager Seamus “Banty” McEnaney, is the lynchpin in a network of family firms involved in the private emergency accommodation sector. As The Currency recently explored, McEnaney companies have pulled in close to €240 million in State payments between 2020 and the third quarter of 2025 for emergency accommodation of Ukrainians and international protection applicants. Coupled with this, family firms involved in…

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