Embattled TD gets pledge for hometown

FIANNA FÁIL has rubber-stamped a plan to pump tens of thousands of euro into a community project in the home town of embattled Kerry South TD John O’Donoghue.

It has been confirmed that the Caherciveen Community Resources group has been promised a grant, worth €89,099 per annum for the next three years.

In a move likely to infuriate opponents but will earn the former Ceann Comhairle significant political credit on his home turf, it has been revealed that the funding will be made available under the Department of Social Protection’s community services programme.