Revealed: 300 sit on at least 2 state boards

THE full extent of doubling up across hundreds of publicly-funded quangos has been revealed for the first time, with more than 300 people sitting on at least two state bodies.

One man, the retired Dublin city manager John Fitzgerald, is a director of seven high-profile state institutions, which currently entitles him to fees of €116,651.

Other appointees are spread across at least 367 agencies, boards, bodies, committees, councils, executives, task forces and working groups.