Ex-Fine Gael senator lands €250k EU Court of Justice post

The Government has appointed a former Fine Gael senator to a highly paid European role worth €250,000 per year.

The Coalition have given Eugene Regan the position of judge of the Court of Justice of the European Union.

He will replace the current Irish representative on the ECJ, Judge Aindrias Ó Caoimh, whose term of office will expire in October.