President’s €100,000 extra spend on photography

Newly published presidential accounts show that the spend on training and development and incidental expenses at Áras an Uachtaráin went up to €391,000 last year

President Higgins also visited Tasmania where a memorial was unveiled to Irish convicts who had arrived there

President Michael D Higgins spent an extra €96,000 on presidential photos and videos in the run-up tohis campaign for a second term in office.

Newly published presidential accounts show that the spend on training and development and incidental expenses at Áras an Uachtaráin went up from €295,000 to €391,000 last year.

According to an explanatory note, the €96,000 increase was due to “costs mainly associated with photography and videography in Ireland and with the ...