Garda Commissioner Drew Harris has referred a criminal complaint by Web Summit founder Paddy Cosgrave against Fianna Fáil Minister Niall Collins to senior gardaí in the south of the country.
MINISTER of State Niall Collins knew his wife was interested in buying council-owned land when he attended a meeting at which it was agreed it should be sold.
GARDAÍ are examining allegations that Minister Niall Collins broke the law by not recusing himself from a Limerick council committee meeting where it was decided to sell land subsequently bought by his wife.
Fianna Fáil junior minister Niall Collins has confirmed he knew his wife expressed interest in a piece of publicly owned land when he sat at a council meeting where it was agreed to put the site up for sale.
Chay Bowes, one of the backers of news website the Ditch, has hit out at “utterly baseless conspiracy theories” around questions of Russian involvement in the site.