Central Bank bans spouse travel after €67k bill revealed

THE governor of the Central Bank was forced into an embarrassing shift in policy last night by deciding to ban all spouse travel after admitting partners of employees clocked up €67,450 in costs on 71 foreign trips.

The average cost of long-haul flights amounted to €4,515.

Patrick Honohan admitted the bank paid for travel of accompanying spouses to business meetings, 62 of which were on European flights, and nine in long-haul in business class.