Politics

Donohoe reveals businessman who paid for his postering donated further €1,700 to Fine Gael

The Minister for Public Expenditure sold party raffle tickets to Michael Stone, a board member of the Land Development Agency, in 2020 and 2021

Paschal Donohoe, the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform. Picture: Rollingnews.ie

Paschal Donohoe has said Michael Stone, the businessman who contributed to his 2016 election campaign, has since donated a further €1,700 to Fine Gael.

The Minister for Public Expenditure said he has not received any personal political donations from Stone, who was appointed as a senior member of the state’s Land Development Agency in 2019.

However, Donohoe said he personally sold Fine Gael raffle tickets to Stone in 2020 and 2021, which had a combined ...