Political donations - Fianna Fáil explanation inadequate

Fianna FÁIL is again in trouble for accepting donations that exceeded the permissible threshold.

These totalled more than €47,500, according to information uncovered by the Irish Examiner under the Freedom of Information Act. At least six of the donations were above the limit at which they should have been declared to the Standards in Public Office Commission.

Before the party’s Ard Fheis in February, Fianna Fáil declared that it received a total of €2.2 million from the State in 2007 and 2008 and that it raised €659,050 through its fundraising superdraw, and a further €536,000 from its national constituency collections.