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The €25,000 bill for moving paintings and artworks when Irish Ambassador to Vienna moved five miles to new €8,964-a-month home

Posted on January 23, 2017 by kenfoxe / 0 Comment

THE Department of Foreign Affairs spent more than €25,000 moving paintings and other artwork when the Irish Ambassador to Vienna moved to a new diplomatic resid...

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Department of Taoiseach refuse Minister Charlie Flanagan’s request for €90k flight on government jet to Mongolia

Posted on November 30, 2016 by kenfoxe / 1 Comment

FOREIGN Affairs minister Charlie Flanagan had his wings clipped by the Department of the Taoiseach after requesting use of the government jet for an epic voyage...

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The bill for furnishing our embassies and ambassador residences: €10,000 for curtains, dining tables costing €11,000, and €5,500 for a walnut sideboard

Posted on November 2, 2016 by kenfoxe / 0 Comment

A DINING table costing almost €11,000, curtains worth over €10,000, and two book cases — each costing €3,600 — were among just some of the hand-made furniture a...

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State pays astonishing €6,700 per week for rental of home for the Irish Ambassador in New Delhi

Posted on October 10, 2016 by kenfoxe / 0 Comment

THE Irish government is spending an astronomical €29,000-a-month to rent an ambassador’s residence in New Delhi, in a country where hundreds of millions o...

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Ireland’s €4 million annual rent bill for ambassadorial residences including €46,000-a-month for a property in Tokyo

Posted on September 26, 2016 by kenfoxe / 1 Comment

THE Department of Foreign Affairs is paying a staggering €46,000-a-month for a residence for the Irish Ambassador to Japan. The colossal rental fee, which comes...

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“Hardship” payments of almost €1 million for Irish diplomats living in cities like Beijing, Buenos Aires, and Bucharest

Posted on August 3, 2016 by kenfoxe / 0 Comment

IRISH diplomats have shared almost one million euro in bonus payments because they are based at so-called “hardship” postings in foreign cities incl...

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