Callely hearing gets underway

A public hearing into Senator Ivor Callely's expenses is getting underway at Leinster House.

A seanad committee, which usually sits in private session, is to quiz the Dublin-based Fianna Fáil Senator about the expenses in excess of €80,000 he claimed in travel and subsistence from a house that he owns in West Cork.

The former Dublin North Central TD has been invited to appear before the committee.