I’m worth my €1,000 a day fee, says Spring

Former Tánaiste Dick Spring defended his €1,000-a-day fee as a public interest director at AIB, claiming it was “reasonable for the effort” he put into it.

The former leader of the Labour Party said he had turned down more lucrative positions in order to stay with AIB. Moreover, his fees were “the going rate for this type of work”.

Sinn Féin TD Pearse Doherty had criticised Mr Spring for taking a fee last year of €59,000 for working 60 days, on top of his pension of €121,000 per year.