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flag Irish presidential candidate Catherine Connolly used €3,691 in parliamentary funds for a 2018 Syria trip to study neutrality and humanitarian issues.

flag Irish presidential candidate Catherine Connolly confirmed using €3,691 from her Parliamentary Activities Allowance for a 2018 fact-finding trip to Syria, citing research on foreign policy, humanitarian issues, and Irish neutrality. flag The trip, part of a delegation including TDs Clare Daly, Mick Wallace, and Maureen O’Sullivan, involved visits to a refugee camp near Damascus and observations of war damage under Bashar al-Assad’s rule. flag Connolly stated the funds covered standard travel and subsistence costs for official parliamentary research, denied personal benefit, and emphasized transparency in public spending.

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