Father expresses anger at Conlon’s pay hike

A sick father whose wife is recovering from cancer and whose two children are autistic has expressed outrage at a pay rise for a special adviser, which he wrote to Enda Kenny about but got no reply.

The Taoiseach yesterday conceded that it was unacceptable that the near 100 individuals who wrote to him received no replies to their complaints over the pay rise.

Impassioned pleas from a terminally ill cancer patient, hungry families, and pensioners were among the letters sent to Mr Kenny over the issue, as revealed by the Irish Examiner this week.