Ahern’s office pays €100,000 for taxis

GOVERNMENT spending came under renewed attack yesterday after it emerged that last year’s taxi bill for the Taoiseach’s office came to almost €100,000.

Civil servants working in Bertie Ahern's department spent some €95,000 on taxi fares in the course of their work, figures released yesterday reveal.

The latest expenditure figures follow a series of embarrassing revelations detailing the thousands of euro spent annually by the Taoiseach and Tánaiste on makeup.