The Workplace Relations Commission heard that former Inland Fisheries Ireland chief executive Francis O’Donnell told gardaí in July 2022 that he believed 'significant fraud had occurred at IFI'. Photograph: Colin Keegan/Collins DublinThe former chief executive of a State agency told gardaí he was being “blackmailed” by a senator, the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) has been told. Giving evidence, O’Donnell said he had told gardaí in July 2022 that he believed that “significant fraud had occurred at IFI”. The identity of the senator who was accused of blackmailing the former chief executive was not made known at the hearing. “Not contemplated at this time, to my knowledge,” the former IFI chief executive answered.

Source: The Irish Times March 05, 2026 04:40 UTC