A chara, – Even if someone is living in Cork, expenses of over €80,000 incurred because a job is in Dublin are surely far too much. Rents at the upper end of the market and travel costs for regular commuting would amount to nowhere near that sum of money. – Is mise,
ALEX STAVELEY,
Turvey Walk,
Donabate, Co Dublin.
Madam, – Instead of ridiculing Ivor Callely, we should be applauding and celebrating the man as the first to master the art of trilocation. – Yours, etc,
Madam, – Can anyone please explain why politicians can claim for travel expenses from their home to their place of work when company employees cannot? – Yours, etc,
Madam, – In view of Senator Ivor Callely’s apparent confusion as to where he lives, he would probably need a satnav to help him “consider his position”. – Yours, etc,