FG spends Euro 500,000 on renovation

Fine Gael has moved back into its party headquarters after a refurbishment costing over €500,000.

The party took out a bank loan to pay for the upgrade of the four-storey Georgian building at 51 Upper Mount Street in Dublin.

A party spokesman said the cost had been ''in excess of €500,000, but said the final cost would only be disclosed in the party accounts for 2013, to be published next year.

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