Healy-Rae ‘vindicated after slurs’

A BITTER exchange took place at a meeting of Kerry County Council, with Cllr Danny Healy-Rae claiming that another councillor tried to “cast slurs” on his character arising from his plant hire business.

The issue arose following a call at a previous meeting by Cllr Brendan Cronin for details of sums earned by contractors working for the council.

It emerged Mr Danny Healy-Rae was the highest paid contractor, earning €401,283 as a contractor from the council, last year.