Mulherin pays extra €1,300 for calls after her own probe

The Fine Gael TD entangled in an expenses scandal over 130 calls she made from the Dáil to a Kenyan mobile has paid back a further €1,295 as a direct result of hitting out at how she was identified.

Michelle Mulherin has been forced to pay this on top of her initial €2,000 payment because an Oireachtas probe she called for herself found the cost of the calls was higher than first believed.

The Mayo representative sparked public anger last month after it emerged taxpayers paid for 100 calls to a Kenyan mobile made from her personal Dáil phone.