Comments on: Kildare County Councillor’s Junkets 2009

By: Donal Corcoran

Donal Corcoran — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 12:17:52 +0000

@Primal Sneeze - Re Kildare Conferences disclosure of expenses. I am not alone in looking into and collating information gleaned from Kildare County Council Website and elsewhere. I started this in August 2009 and was instrumental in getting the debate going on the abuse of the system.My Blog isn't the only source of information. Another member of the outing network would have supplied Leinster Leader with the figures.

By: Kildare kerfuffle: reflected nationally? – The Story

Kildare kerfuffle: reflected nationally? – The Story — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 18:23:58 +0000

[...] The Leinster Leader and Kildare FM have followed up the story – Leinster Leader without attributing the original source unfortunately (“as seen by this paper” tut tut, what’s wrong with attributing blogs, lads?) – you can get their coverage here and here. (Kildare FM then attributed the story to Leinster Leader). Jim at Primal Sneeze gave me a heads-up on it earlier in the week, you can read his feelings on the matter at this link. [...]

By: Primal Sneeze

Primal Sneeze — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 13:07:42 +0000

Link added as an update at the top of the post. I followed the KFM discussion. They really dragged it out. But, I suppose that's good for holding the listeners.

By: Donal Corcoran

Donal Corcoran — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 12:55:26 +0000

See my Blog http://donalcorcoran1.wordpress.com/2010/01/
for amended figures for the complete year 2009. For some reason I was unable to ownload them to your Blog. Good discussion on Kildare FM Radio this morning. Fiona O Loughlin claims that she wasnt at one of the Conferences that she was credited with.

By: Primal Sneeze

Primal Sneeze — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 10:34:00 +0000

I am assuming Ms Ridge needed the language course in January to prepare her for the Merriman Winter School in February. Ms Conway is a junket-junkie it would seem.

By: Donal Corcoran

Donal Corcoran — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 10:24:16 +0000

Additional figures. Interesting ? Conference Member Details Approximate Allocation 02–04 January 2009 Irish Language Course for Katie Ridge €924.14 New Information - Previously not included Connemara Coast Hotel, Furbo, Co. Galway Geraldine Conway €924.14 Martin Miley Jnr. €924.14 Friday, January 09, 2009 The Greening of Irish Agriculture: Responding to the Challenge of Climate Change Fiona O’Loughlin €332.60 Dublin Castle Geraldine Conway €332.60 16-18 January 2009 Effective Communications for Micheál Nolan €751.08 Day’s Hotel, 1 Merchants Quay, Waterford Katie Ridge €751.08 Kevin Byrne €751.08 Geraldine Conway €751.08 Mark Dalton €751.08 Monday, January 19, 2009 A Practical Update on Corporate Governance in the Public Sector Pat Black €489.32 Public Affairs Ireland, 25 Mountjoy Square, Dublin 1 Daragh Fitzpatrick €489.32 Tuesday, January 20, 2009 UCC 27th Annual Business Conference Micheál Nolan €469.31 Clarion Hotel, Cork Rainsford Hendy €469.31 Francis Browne €469.31 Pat Black €469.31 Liam Doyle €469.31 23-25 January 2009 The Local Government Planning Service Francis Browne €751.08 The Granville Hotel, Waterford Fionnuala Dukes €751.08 Billy Hillis €751.08 Geraldine Conway €751.08 Daragh Fitzpatrick €751.08 28-Jan-09 Conference on the State and the Law Martin Miley Jnr. €389.32 Conrad Hotel, Dublin 2 Liam Doyle €389.32