A Fianna Fáil election candidate in Waterford served on the board of directors of a local theatre company despite a High Court order disqualifying him from doing so.
The Irish Times reports that Eddie Mulligan spent 17 months as a voluntary board member at Garter Lane after receiving the disqualification.
The High Court disqualified Councillor Mulligan from acting as a company director in January 2017 due to the management of a family hair salon.
The ban remains in place until 2024.
A person found guilty of defying the disqualification order is liable to imprisonment for up to 5 years or a fine of up to €50,000, or both.
However, he remained on the board at Garter Lane after the disqualification came into effect, until August 2018.
He told the Irish Times that he resigned "as soon as" he was informed that his directorship could defy the order.
But the newspaper reports that Mr Mulligan told other directors that he was resigning due to work commitments.
Mr Mulligan and his wife Dervla were the directors of Hype Hair Salon Ltd, which owed Revenue over €150,000 when it was placed in liquidation in 2014.
Fianna Fáil said yesterday that it had spoken to the candidate over his “failure" to make it aware of issues surrounding the company's liquidation, and that it is deciding "on the most appropriate response".
