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Fri 11 Nov 2009President turns off Áras lights as part of cost cutting
PRESIDENT MARY McAleese has said that she is “walking around the Áras turning off lights” as part of her personal contribution to reducing public expenditure.
Interviewed on RTÉ’s Morning Ireland programme yesterday, she revealed that she intended to make a 12.5 per cent reduction in her own personal allowance as president.
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