FG cllr to learn fate over ethics breach

A FINE Gael councillor who claimed expenses on the double will find out in the coming days if he is to be expelled from the party.

Earlier this month, the state’s ethics watchdog found Donegal county councillor Terence Slowey had “recklessly” contravened public office rules and claimed unwarranted travel expenses.

Mr Slowey breached ethics laws and ignored the councillors’ code of conduct when he claimed more than €2,400 to attend conferences in Cork and Kerry on the same weekend in 2008, the Standards in Public Office (SIPO) commission found.