A NEW Fine Gael TD who promised to take only half his salary has hired two family members as his staff and got another elected to his vacant council seat.
The Irish Independent has learned that Brendan Griffin (above) has hired his wife Roisin as his secretarial assistant, his cousin Tommy Griffin as his parliamentary assistant and helped another cousin, Matt Griffin, get his old council seat.
Mr Griffin (29) won a seat in Kerry South, ousting the sitting Fine Gael TD Tom Sheahan. He made the fact that he would give up €46,000 of a TD’s €90,000 salary a central plank of his election campaign.
TD Who Took Cut In Salary Gives Out Plum Jobs To Family Members (Fiach Kelly, irish Independent)
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