Generous retirement pots await Fine Gael trio

Fine Gael has now been in power since March 9, 2011, and just three of its 10 ministers appointed to the Cabinet that day remain at the table — Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, Tánaiste Simon Coveney, and newly appointed Communications Minister Richard Bruton.

As a result of their years of service to the public, they are entitled to a generous set of retirement benefits whenever they choose to bow out of political life, writes Daniel McConnell