Charlie spends 750,000 on Punchestown event

FINANCE Minister Charlie McCreevy will spend 750,000 hosting fellow EU finance ministers at a summit at his favoured venue, Punchestown Racecourse, next May.

After controversially fast-tracking 15 million of taxpayers’ money to fund the event centre, the Minister will show off his pet project in his Co Kildare heartland as part of Ireland’s EU Presidency.

Mr McCreevy will pay 60,000 to Punchestown Racecourse for the rental of the facilities for the ECOFIN meeting on April 2-4.