Failte Ireland chief Paul Carty was paid consultancy fees by a company which received €30,000 from Failte while he was acting chairman of the agency.
The Irish Mirror can reveal that the new boss of the country’s main tourism body received the sum while also interim chairman of Failte in 2021, where his pay was €20,520 a year.
Mr Carty was promoted to full-time chairman of Failte Ireland by Tourism Minister Catherine Martin in February.
