Tanaiste 'sorry' for using Air Corps plane

Tanaiste Mary Harney, has apologised for using an Air Corps surveillance plane, at the expense of the taxpayer, to fly to Sligo for a personal engagement last month.

Ms Harney commandeered the aircraft, with the approval of the Taoiseach, because she would have been late for the official opening of a friend’s off-licence in Manorhamilton, Co Leitrim.