Controversial Cabinet Office letter written by Anne Donaghy as council chief Anne Donaghy, Chief Executive of Mid and East Antrim Borough Council, is to recalled by the Daera committee Connla Young
Alliance MLA John Blair
AN organisation which represents council chief executives has confirmed that a letter sent to the British Cabinet Office was written by Anne Donaghy in her role as Mid and East Antrim council chief.
It comes days after Ms Donaghy told a Stormont committee that she wrote the letter in her role as a national senior representative of Solace .
Solace is the Society of Local Authority Chief Executives and acts as a professional voice for local government.
Brexit: Council officials body Solace distances itself from Mid and East Antrim chief s DUP-advised letter on NI Protocol
Mid and East Antrim council s chief executive had said she had sent the letter in her role as a Solace representative
Mid and East Antrim council HQ
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Brexit: Mid and East Antrim council chief sent confidential DUP-advised NI Protocol letter to Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots
The letter was sent to the minister before he and the council chose to withdraw Brexit staff from NI ports over threat fears
Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots and Anne Donaghy, chief executive of Mid and East Antrim Borough Council
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Mid and East Antrim chief executive Anne Donaghy has been recalled to the agriculture committee hearing Connla Young
Sinn Fein MLA Philip McGuigan. Picture by Mal McCann.
A COUNCIL chief is facing calls to reconsider her position after it emerged DUP MPs advised her to write to the Cabinet Office to voice concerns about the Northern Ireland Protocol.
Mid and East Antrim Council chief executive Anne Donaghy said she was advised to write the letter by Sammy Wilson, Ian Paisley and Jeffrey Donaldson earlier this year.
Details of the confidential correspondence emerged as Ms Donaghy and the council s DUP mayor Peter Johnston gave evidence to Stormont s Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs committee on Thursday.
Mid and East Antrim council chief executive Anne Donaghy Connla Young
Sinn Fein MLA Philip McGuigan
A COUNCIL chief is facing calls to reconsider her position after it emerged DUP MPs advised her to write to the Cabinet Office to voice concerns about the Northern Ireland Protocol.
Mid and East Antrim Council chief executive Anne Donaghy said she was advised to write the letter by Sammy Wilson, Ian Paisley and Jeffrey Donaldson earlier this year.
Details of the confidential correspondence emerged as Ms Donaghy and the council s DUP mayor Peter Johnston gave evidence to Stormont s Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs committee on Thursday.