FAS chief Rody Molloy resigned this morning after days of controversy surrounding expenses claims made by him and other agency executives in the last four years.

FAS executive claims 'no knowledge' of expenses fiddling

While much of the public outcry has been about the transatlantic air travel the Irish Sentinel can exclusively reveal the expenditure was not limited to business class flights. Some of the other expenses being claimed for include:

• €23,456 in rentals from Xtravision on the Sundrive Road, with a copy of Legends of the Fall incurring €3,986.45 in late fees
• €19,880 for lunches in Elephant and Castle in Temple Bar. Practically all of that money was accounted for by chicken wings
• €45,900 on ‘Bling’ water for staff training sessions, each bottle costing €45
• €90,000 on a second hand Maserati used by one of the executive’s wives to bring their two children on the 600 yard journey from home to their private school. This was marked as ‘necessary travel expenses’.
• €13,200 for ‘make-up and assorted cosmetics’ for female executives. Further research shows the bulk of this money went on a breast augmentation and tummy tuck for Pamela O’Flange, Rody Molloy’s secretary.
• €3,500 on ‘office stationary’ which turned out to be the purchase from eBay of a mint condition, first ever Roy of the Rovers comic in which Roy Race breaks Jack Charlton’s legs with a two-footed tackle before smoking a fag and having a pint at half-time.
• €75,980 on a ‘How to set up your own blog’ training course in which just €2,000 was spent on the training and the rest on hotel rooms, travel and various expenses as the training course was held in the Seychelles.
• €9,500 on ’selection boxes’ for FAS staff as Christmas bonuses.

FAS bosses have defended their spending though, claiming that they were ‘entitled’ to spend the money as they saw fit as nobody even gave a second glance to their submitted reciepts. “Why would we not take as much as we could get for ourselves”, said one, “when it was as easy as pie to do so?”

When suggested that they had a responsibility to spend taxpayers money wisely he responded by saying “Screw the taxpayers, screw them right in their holes”.

Every day the ringpiece of Ireland becomes a little more raw, a little more chafed. Must we wait until the bleeding starts before we do something about it?