Junket John's Orgy of Excess ; Laid Bare in Eye-Popping Detail, O'donoghue's Eur 250k Perks Adisgraceto His Countryeven As We Were Asked to Make Sacrifices, the Ceann Comhairle Kept On Spending Our Money [Eire Region]
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JOHN O'Donoghue's tenure as Ceann Comhairle was hanging by a thread last night after fresh revelations about high living at the public's expense.
The high-flying Kerryman splurged nearly a quarter of a million euro of taxpayers' money in just two years on a perk-laden regime including top-class flights, limousines and VIP airport lounges.See the full content of this document
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Junket John's Orgy of Excess ; Laid Bare in Eye-Popping Detail, O'donoghue's Eur 250k Perks Adisgraceto His Countryeven As We Were Asked to Make Sacrifices, the Ceann Comhairle Kept On Spending Our Money [Eire Region]
The extent of Mr O'Donoghue's largesse was laid bare last night after details of his expenses since he was elected as Speaker in the Dail in June 2007, were released into the Dail library by the Oireachtas Commission.
The figures show Mr O'Donoghue's penchant for using public money to stay at five-star hotels in far-flung destinations throughout the world. And they detail the mind-boggling disregard he has shown for the public who fund his ceremonial office.The documents were released last night in what appeared to be an illconceived plot to bury the explosive revelations on the day the country went to the polls for the second time to vote on the Lisbon treaty.It was understood the figures were about...See the full content of this document