Councillor Hugh McElvaney: I'm not a gombeen and I quoted £10k to make RTE sting 'sexy'

A councillor at the centre of an RTE Investigations Unit programme claims he knew he was being set up by a journalist, and went along with it for the craic.

Councillor Hugh McElvaney: I'm not a gombeen and I quoted £10k to make RTE sting 'sexy'

A councillor at the centre of an RTE Investigations Unit programme claims he knew he was being set up by a journalist, and went along with it for the craic.

Councillor Hugh McElvaney, who resigned from Fine Gael recently, claims he was set up by RTE and his former party.

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