Housing Minister Darragh O’Brien will face critics in the Fine Gael parliamentary party next week. Photo: Gareth ChaneyTaoiseach Micheál Martin staunchly defended Housing Minister Darragh O’Brien after it emerged he was an early investor in a ‘cuckoo fund’ targeting institutional investment towards the European and global property market. The move comes as the embattled Housing Minister is facing widespread criticisms over the housing crisis, with problems including the purchase of entire new developments by these controversial funds. Mr O’Brien is due to face critics in the Fine Gael parliamentary party at a meeting next week. The Fianna Fáil leader brushed aside suggestions that Fine Gael backbenchers were ‘targeting’ Mr O’Brien.

Source: Irish Independent May 10, 2021 01:30 UTC