FF cuts debts after making €150,000 from St Luke’s

The party’s first ever published accounts show gain from 2015 sale

St Luke’s in Drumcondra, Dublin 9RollingNews

Fianna Fáil has managed to cut down its debts, partly thanks to the sale of former taoiseach Bertie Ahern’s base.

The party’s first ever published accounts show that it made a capital gain of €150,000 from the 2015 sale of Ahern’s former constituency office, St Luke’s in Drumcondra, Dublin.

Due to the recovery of the property market, the house, which had been originally valued at €550,000, sold for €750,000 to Ahern’s former secretary, ...