Councillor Hugh McElvaney has been asked to resign from Monaghan County Council.

Members of the local authority say Mr McElvaney has broken its code of conduct and needs to step down.

Hugh McElvaney was one of three TDs featured in an RTE Investigates programme last week.

He was filmed speaking to an undercover reporter asking for 10-thousand pounds in return for planning permission for a fake wind farm.

Mr McElvaney has since insisted he knew he was speaking to a journalist and went along with it 'for the craic'.

The motion calling for Hugh McElvaney's resignation was proposed by Sinn Féin Councillor Pat Treanor: