Law exempting politicians under fire

There were calls for a law exempting politicians from offences to be reviewed following an Irish Examiner investigation into the removal of penalty points from the driving records of TDs.

Law exempting politicians under fire

The survey of 166 TDs found that 127 of them had not sought or had fines wiped from their records, while another 37 failed to reply or refused to answer queries about their driving records.

However, one prominent Fine Gael TD admitted his wife had penalty points added to her licence that he received for speeding, while a Fianna Fáil TD said he could not rule out his office having asked that his speeding fine be cancelled.

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