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Article: Sacking of Northern Ireland Tourist Board director revealed in report
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- Belfast Telegraph
- Article date:
- March 28, 2008
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The friend, a Belfast businessman, also had a commercial link-up
with the NITB, prompting conflict of interest concerns.
The sacked senior NITB official, Philip Pentland, stressed that
he declared the long-standing friendship to his superiors.
He emphasised that there was no suggestion of him receiving
personal gain as a result of any perceived conflict of interest.
The details of the case were revealed for the first time today in
a report to the Assembly by the Northern Ireland Audit Office.
Mr Pentland was dismissed as the board's Director of Industry
Development last year over involvement in a business called
HolidayMatters.com.
It was set up in late June 2005 by his wife, Sonya Pascoe ...