Exotic jaunt

IN the run-up to the 2002 general election, a Fianna Fáil deputy for Cork North-Central, Noel O’Flynn, famously described asylum seekers as ‘spongers’ and ‘freeloaders’.

Tue, 10 May, 2005 - 01:00

Yet only last week Mr O’Flynn undertook a 12-day exotic jaunt to South America, funded by the Irish taxpayer.

Only one question remains: how would asylum seekers now categorise the deputy?

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