INVESTIGATION: Fine Gael Councillor Co-Owns Company Accused of Charging Unlawful ‘Agency Fees’ - 08/08/2025
A Fine Gael councillor who recently served as the Mayor of South Dublin is one of the owners of and a shareholder in a recruitment company that has charged foreign nurses thousands of euro in “agency fees” to come and work in Irish nursing homes.Baby Pereppadan, a longtime Fine Gael member and a local representative for Tallaght South, co-founded a limited company called Angel Care Consultancy Limited in 2022 with businessman Babu Valooran Kochuvarkey. The Journal Investigates has spoken to three nurses who say they paid thousands of euro in agency fees to Angel Care Consultancy Limited, on…
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