NUIG fundraising charity spend €50k on business-class flights, €30k on taxis, investigation finds

Overseas hotels often used by the charity included the 4-star Fitzpatrick Hotel in New York, The Royal Automobile Club in London, The Westin in Cleveland and the 5-star Shangri-La and Grand Hyatt in Singapore.

A charity set up to fundraise for NUI Galway shelled out charitable funds on taxi trips between Galway and Dublin, luxury hotels and travel for directors’ spouses.

The Galway University Foundation also spent close to €50,000 on business class flights to New York, Beijing, Toronto and Singapore within a three-year period, an investigation by the Charities Regulator has found.