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Wednesday October 06, 2004 08:50 by Michael Hennigan - Finfacts.com
O'Hanlon to foot bill following media coverage It's always interesting to observe how individuals can be so generous with other people's money. €9,000 for a retirement watch looks certainly like gilding the lily. However, this is just an example of a 'sexy' story that can get public attention while so much else is ignored. One of the recipients of the Cartier watches, the PD Party nominee on the now defunct Aer Rianta board said on RTE's Liveline that the Department of Transport had spent an estimated half million euros on private consultants on the breakup of Aer Rianta - to simply tell them what they should already know. |
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