The probe was ordered by General Secretary Sharon Graham shortly after she was elected in 2021. It was presented to the union's ruling executive council by the auditors on Friday.
, Paul Weller said of El Dorado, "it is just a great song".Eamon's wife Caitlín said it was a "song I always liked", adding she told Paul Weller his version is "wonderful, really lovely. You did a great job".
Paul Weller said he first heard El Dorado when "a mate of mine sent it to me".The song was written for a film made in Derry in the mid 1980s called The Best Man.The mate who sent it to Weller was Mark Holden, a music manager from Derry who had managed The Touts, a local band who have supported Weller.
"He sent me the tune, and the clip from The Best Man, and I just thought what a great song," Weller said."I loved the song, and we did it… we got in touch with Colum first to make sure it was alright to use it," he said.
During his visit to the north west, Weller also took in a Christy Moore concert in Derry's Millennium Forum on Wednesday night.
Other artists whose songs feature on the upcoming Paul Weller album include The Kinks , the Bee Gees and Bobby Charles.In a highly critical 35-page document, auditors BDO said in the 2021 financial year "dominant personalities and a weak control environment facilitated opportunities to commit fraud" at the union.
The BDO report says there were "unusual relationships" between former senior staff and Unite's customers and suppliers, as well as a culture that "did not challenge" financial transactions and "failed to ensure" appropriate financial reporting.This relates, in part, to the union spending £112m on building a hotel and conference centre in Birmingham.
The property has since been valued at a fraction of that sum and the auditors said today that Unite had taken a financial hit of £53.8m on the project.Unite, which at one time was the Labour Party's biggest donor, has more than a million members.