Politics

Michael Stone’s ‘unauthorised corporate donation’ to Fine Gael to be refunded

Paschal Donohoe said the donation returns he made in 2016 and 2020 ‘were believed to be accurate’

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

An “unauthorised” corporate donation to Fine Gael during the 2020 general election is to be refunded, Paschal Donohoe has said.

Michael Stone, the owner of the Designer Group engineering firm, today resigned from two major state housing agencies amid controversy about the Fine Gael minister’s failure to declare his donations.

It came after he admitted he helped Donohoe, the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, with postering in the 2020 election campaign as well as ...