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INSIDE: ITB students enjoy graduation ceremony P8-9
November 17, 2011
WINTER WONDERLAND: Farmleigh
set for the festive season See Page 4
Commemoration: College holds remembrance ceremony Football: St Brigid’s reach the Leinster semi-final Page 32
CASTLEKNOCK College held an international remembrance ceremony recently to commemorate those who died on both sides in WW1 and WW2. Fifty-one of the college’s past pupils lost their lives between WW1 and WW2. Pictured is headmaster, Oliver Murphy, holding the helmet which saved the life of his grandfather, William Andrews, at the Somme in 1916. Full Story on Page 7
Soccer: Celtic register fine win over Malahide Page 30
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€116,000 spent on election expenses Total national outlay of €9.28m during campaign
Q LAURA WEBB
NEW figures have revealed that Dublin West candidates forked out approximately €116,000 in election expenses during the General Election campaign earlier this year. Figures released by the Standards in Public Office
(SIPO) , revealed that a national total of €9.28m was incurred by candidates and political parties in the election. This is almost 16% less than the €11.08m figure reported during the 2007 General Election, even though 100 more candidates ran in 2011.
The 10 candidates in the Dublin West constituency spent a total of €116,790.81 Of those elected, Joan Burton, who topped the poll in the constituency spent the highest at €23,402.65 while Fine Gael TD Leo Varadkar spent a total of €17,006.70. Full Story on Page 2