Council boss gets €238k despite ethics breach

The council chief executive rapped by a political standards watchdog for contravening ethics legislation has walked away with a gross €238,364 lump sum on his retirement.

Last November, the Standards in Public Office Commission (Sipo) was highly critical of Longford County Council’s Tim Caffrey over his failure to fully disclose his ownership in a €259,000 property his local authority was helping a charity to purchase.

The purchase of the home at The Mill, Clondra, Co Longford by the Muirosa Foundation did not proceed, however.