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# Irish Embassies

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# Irish Embassies

Deaths, arrests and abductions: what Irish people abroad needed assistance with last year

Irish people in Spain needed the most help from Irish embassies last year.

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Jan 4th 2015, 12:56 PM

# Not all Ferrero Rocher

Irish embassies employ 21 full-time cooks, but our ambassadors are 'often acting like janitors'

The Public Accounts Committee has also heard details of how over €21 million in allowances is distributed among over 300 Irish officials serving abroad.

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Mar 7th 2014, 6:00 AM