State papers: Dukes chastised FitzGerald over US gifts

Former finance minister Alan Dukes chastised then Taoiseach Garet FitzGerald over using taxpayer money to hand out gifts on overseas trips.

In his rebuke – revealed in confidential files – Mr Dukes refuses to pay for the largesse out of a “miscellaneous expenses” budget and orders the Taoiseach’s office to pick up the bill themselves.