‘I’m angry, not for me, for everybody’

Yves Chavanne, 61, who is battling cancer, wrote to Enda Kenny arguing against the €127,000 salary sanctioned for Ciaran Conlon.

Mr Chavanne says part of his treatment was cancelled because of budget cuts.

Impassioned pleas from a terminally ill cancer patient, hungry families, unemployed people and pensioners were among a barrage of letters sent to the Taoiseach after he intervened to secure a €35,000 pay rise for a special adviser.