The mystery of the minister’s broken-down car

Questions remain over what happened the night European Affairs Minister Dara Murphy had two gardaí bring him, his wife, and driver from rural Cork to Dublin Airport after his car broke down.

Mitchelstown taxi driver Jerry Murphy says he was called by someone with a broken down car on the M8 motorway north of Mitchelstown on the night of September 13 — the same night the junior minister was brought to Dublin Airport by two on-duty Fermoy gardaí.

However the version of events presented by both men differs greatly, with the minister denying claims he baulked at the €350 fare he was quoted on the night.