The man of the moment, Peter Casey has claimed that Michael D Higgins has spent €10,000 taxpayer money on getting his dogs groomed.
Peter brought it up on last week’s Pat Kenny debate and will no doubt go even harder in tomorrow night’s debate, but there have been denials from the Aras that Higgins spent €10,000 on dog grooming.
Higgins said that he welcomes an audit of Aras expenses… AFTER the election. Take from that what you will.
Meanwhile, the PSNI have staunchly denied claims that the Higgins was forced to take a private jet to Belfast due to a lack of security.
According to BBC News, the police service of Northern Ireland rejected the claims after, President Higgins claimed that he was unable to travel by car.
The claim which was made back in May when President Higgins travelled to Queen’s University has reportedly angered police officials in the North who told BBC news that the claim was simply not true.
It is believed that President Higgins travelled by plane to Belfast City Airport and that his personal car was driven to Belfast to meet him there.
In a brief statement released to the BBC, a PSNI spokesperson said that it was simply inconceivable that that the President of Ireland would not have been afforded security if it had been requested.
The issue was apparently raised during a presidential debate on The Pat Kenny Show on Wednesday night.