Michael Stone deeply regrets ‘any embarrassment’ his error has caused Fine Gael Minister
“I understand and fully accept that his team believed the support I provided to be voluntary,” he said.He also said that Mr Donohoe had asked him last December if he had given similar help in 2020. “I mistakenly believed that I had not and told him so. On Wednesday 18th January 2023 I again confirmed to him my mistaken recollection,” he said.
He added that the help given in 2020 was arranged through a member of the Fine Gael team in Dublin Central and that he had not discussed the matter with Mr Donohoe. by Mr Stone during the 2016 campaign, Mr Donohoe apologised for the omission. He said he was “very sorry that it has happened”. A total of €917 was donated in 2016 by way of services by workers erecting the posters and a further €140 for the use of a van.
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