AG’s pooch ‘hitches ride’ in state car

A STATE car was used to transport a pet dog belonging to Attorney General Paul Gallagher from Dublin to Kerry, a Government source confirmed yesterday.

However, the source insisted that the main purpose of the journey was to deliver urgent paperwork to Mr Gallagher and it was merely “incidental” that the dog was also brought along.

Mr Gallagher has a holiday home in his native Kerry, and he was there over the Christmas period when the incident occurred.