Here’s How 23 – Floods, Insurance and Corruption




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Summary: <a href="http://www.cantillons.com/person/Sinead/Carroll" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="external noopener noreferrer">Sinead Carroll</a> is a <a href="https://twitter.com/ejcsolicitors" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="external noopener noreferrer">solicitor</a> with <a href="http://www.cantillons.com/" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="external noopener noreferrer">Ernest J. Cantillon Solicitors</a>. <a href="https://twitter.com/JOS_Solicitors" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="external noopener noreferrer">Jason O’Sullivan</a> is the founder of <a href="http://jossolicitors.ie/" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="external noopener noreferrer">JOS Solicitors</a>.<br> <a href="https://electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?ID=3494&amp;sort=type&amp;office=yes" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="external noopener noreferrer">Hugh McElvaney</a> has been a Fine Gael councillor in Monaghan since 1999. He has been central to <a href="http://www.irishexaminer.com/viewpoints/columnists/victoria-white/ireland-is-the-best-small-country-in-the-world-for-doing-corrupt-business-370660.html" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="external noopener noreferrer">massive inappropriate rezoning</a> throughout his career as a councillor.<br> The Standards in Public Office (SIPO) Commission has been constantly <a href="http://www.thejournal.ie/sipo-phil-hogan-political-rules-1235771-Dec2013/" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="external noopener noreferrer">undermined by Phil Hogan</a> and this government in general. Hogan also <a href="http://www.irishexaminer.com/viewpoints/columnists/victoria-white/ireland-is-the-best-small-country-in-the-world-for-doing-corrupt-business-370660.html" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="external noopener noreferrer">scrapped the investigations into planning irregularities</a> in  Monaghan, Waterford, Carlow, Dublin, and Donegal.<br> Michael Noonan <a href="http://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/why-the-abolition-of-windfall-tax-on-rezoned-land-profits-is-a-big-mistake-1.1971764" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="external noopener noreferrer">scrapped the 80 per cent windfall tax</a> on the proceeds of rezoning, creating a huge incentive for planning corruption.<br>