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Wed 10 Oct 2009London Embassy's taxi and limousine bill over €250,000
THE IRISH Embassy in London spent more than €250,000 on taxis and limousine hire during 2007 and 2008, according to figures released by the Department of Foreign Affairs last night.
The expenditure – which included hiring limousines to transfer Ministers between terminals in Heathrow Airport – was last night described as clear evidence of squander by Fine Gael TD Leo Varadkar who obtained the information on foot of a parliamentary question.
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