Keaveney defends appointing wife to job

Defiant Labour Party chairman Colm Keaveney has insisted he did nothing wrong by appointing his wife to a taxpayer-funded €52,000-a-year job as his assistant.

The often outspoken Galway East TD said: “I haven’t broken any law,” as he claimed the arrangement was only short-term.

“It is a temporary arrangement until I backfill the position that has been vacated. We are in the process of recruiting again, but in the meantime, in that four weeks, the job and work of the service that we offer must continue,” the TD told Galway Bay FM.