Independent presidential candidate Catherine Connolly in July said she funded her trip to Syria. Photograph: Dan Dennison
Presidential candidate Catherine Connolly used a taxpayer-funded allowance for €3,691 in spending described as related to “Syria” in her statement to the Standards in Public Office Commission (Sipo) for the year 2018.
The spending under the Parliamentary Activities Allowance (PAA) was declared for the same year as she travelled to the war-torn country with then fellow TDs Clare Daly, Mick Wallace and Maureen O’Sullivan.
At the time of the trip,
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