A view of Santa Maria and the steeply sloped front garden area

A view of Santa Maria and the steeply sloped front garden area

Mark Tighe and Maeve Sheehan

Yesterday at 20:00

The former chief executive of Primark had just received planning permission for a major renovation of his massive, multi-million-euro Dalkey mansion weeks before he quit over his conduct towards a woman.

Briton Paul Marchant, who lives in Dublin, stepped down with immediate effect last week following an “independent investigation” into his alleged inappropriate behaviour towards a woman in a “social environment”.