€2.7m in pensions for retired judges, €1.8m for former ministers

RETIRED judges, including controversial former Supreme Court judge Hugh O’Flaherty, received pensions worth £2.7m last year.

Mr O'Flaherty, who resigned as a Supreme Court judge in 1999 following uproar over the early release from prison of Dublin architect Philip Sheedy, received £40,000 last year.

Former government ministers also received pensions worth £1.8m, including Charles Haughey, who received £55,300 for his 35 years as a TD and his four terms as Taoiseach.