O'Connor: SIPTU accepts responsibility in unauthorised-account row

The President of SIPTU has said the payment of money by the Department of Health into an unauthorised SIPTU account is "immensely damaging" to the union.

Two separate payments of €190,000 and one of €40,000 were made into an account controlled by senior SIPTU official Matt Merrigan, and a senior member of the union, Jack Kelly.