Senator to appear before inquiry over expenses

A Fianna Fáil senator has been called before a public ethics inquiry to answer allegations that he double-claimed for expenses while a councillor in Donegal County Council.

Senator Brian Ó Domhnaill received a letter from the State’s ethics watchdog, the Standards in Public Office Commission (SIPO), in recent days calling on him to attend hearings, the Irish Examiner has learned.

The Donegal senator, originally nominated to the Seanad by Taoiseach Bertie Ahern in 2007, is alleged to have abused his entitlement to travel and subsistence claims.