Fianna Fail senator Eugene Murphy told RTE's Claire Byrne this morningthat he had to sleep in his car due to a lack of available hotel rooms in Dublin.
The senator, who lives in Roscommon, said that he has slept in his car on two occasions, pulling in at a filling station in Mullingar because he could not find an available hotel room in Dublin for under €200 per night. He also revealed that there is a "small number" of politicians who are also sleeping in their cars.
He told Claire that he would sleep for a few hours and then wake up at 5.30am or 6am to make his way back to Dublin.
