Healy-Rae firm earned nearly €300k from council for plant hire

A firm owned by Kerry county councillor Danny Healy-Rae and his wife, Eileen, was the highest paid plant hire and haulage contractor to Kerry County Council, last year.

Healy-Rae firm earned nearly €300k from council for plant hire
Tue, 11 Mar, 2014 - 00:00
Donal Hickey

Figures released at yesterday’s council meeting in Tralee showed Healy-Rae Plant Hire Ltd, Main Street, Kilgarvan, received €294,192.

Both Danny Healy-Rae and his son, Johnny, are independent councillors representing different electoral areas.

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