Posts Tagged ‘ Expenses ’

Cork City Councillors Conference Expenses

October 12, 2010
By Stephen
Cork City Councillors Conference Expenses

Image via Wikipedia The Evening Echo* did a Freedom of Information on the amount claimed by Councillors on Cork City Council to attend conferences since they were elected. The expenses over the last 15 months are: Kenneth O’Flynn (FF) €14,333.86 Denis O’Flynn (Lab) €13,546.24 Sean Martin (FF) €12,418.20 Michael Ahern (Lab) €11,467.09 Pat Gosch (FG) € 8,889.10 Tim Brosnan (FF) €8,786.78 Terry Shannon (FF) €8,742.72 Michael O’Connell (Lab) €8,518.03 Brian Birmingham (FG) €8,168.55 Mary Shields (FF) €8,101.50 Dara Murphy...

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Fianna Fail Senators Caught “Flipping”

June 4, 2010
By Stephen
Fianna Fail Senators Caught “Flipping”

Remember during the expense scandal in the UK that the big issue was over the “flipping” of the designations of first and second homes. Well it would seem that two Fianna Fail Senators were doing just that over here. Ivor Callely, who could be expelled from the Fianna Fail Parliamentry Party over his flipping of his homes. Despite his home being in Dublin, Mr Callely was claiming his expenses based on his second home in West Cork. It  now...

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