Lee: Money not an issue in leaving politics

MONEY was not a factor in George Lee leaving politics, the former Fine Gael TD insisted, claiming he was earning more in the Dáil than in RTÉ and would soon be on a ministerial wage if he had not quit.

Accusing his former colleagues in FG of a whispering campaign that he quit politics because he was not earning enough, Mr Lee said they need to “get their act together”.

He said: “They need to wake up and look at themselves and burst the bubble that they are in.”