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Former Fianna Fail TD admitted fraudulently claiming phone expenses from Oireachtas

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Sinn Féin: ‘Truly demented’ to restore €1,700 to Cowen’s pension

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Brian Cowen on €134,000, Charlie McCreevy on €108,000, Ivor Callely on €62,000

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Ivor Callely avoids return to prison following remission decision

Former minister jailed for fraudulently claiming Oireachtas expenses

State ordered to pay legal costs for Ivor Callely case

Former junior minister challenged refusal to grant him early release from jail

Control over who is freed early at heart of Callely battle

Former politician was automatically entitled to 25 per cent remission when in jail last year

Callely faces return to prison despite favourable ruling

Former Fianna Fáil politician applied for release 28 days into 150-day jail sentence

Refusal of early release for Ivor Callely wrong, court finds

Minister for Justice says she will examine ruling and make further decision

Ivor Callely action adjourned due to ‘scandalous allegations’

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Bail terms altered to allow Ivor Callely spend Christmas in Scotland

Former Fianna Fáil politician was jailed for five months in July

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TDs avoid taxpayer-funded greetings, fearing they will irritate constituents

Jailed ex-politician Ivor Callely seeks bail

Callely seeking bail pending bid to quash refusal to grant him temporary release

Ivor Callely says ‘high profile’ behind temporary release refusal

Former TD challenging decision of Minister for Justice to turn down his application

Ivor Callely won’t be released early, say prison sources

Former Fianna Fáil junior minister’s sentence for fraud due to end in two weeks

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An echo from a grubby past

Callely was a man blinded by his dazzling self-belief

From the moment he landed in Leinster House as a backbench TD, he adopted the swagger of success

Callely’s short-lived and ignominious political career

He had ambition and worked relentlessly at the nitty gritty of politics

Welcome to prison – the first 24 hours behind bars

Callely will be told this morning if he will stay in Mountjoy Prison

Ivor Callely sentenced to five months in prison

Former junior minister pleaded guilty to fraudulently using invoice for phone expenses

Callely pleads guilty over fake mobile phone expenses

Dublin Circuit Court adjourns sentencing until Monday, seeking precedent guidance

Ivor Callely’s sentence hearing adjourned until Monday

Former junior minister pleaded guilty to fraudulently using invoice for phone expenses

Court ruling a victory for Oireachtas, but not a resounding one

Supreme Court judges express strongly divergent views on two key issues decided in appeal over expenses claims of former senator

‘Daily Mail’ column on Travellers criticised by Equality Authority

Column by journalist Brenda Power ‘designed to be demeaning, hurtful and risk incitement’

Ivor Callely a controversial and divisive figure during his long political career

Callely an anomaly in the world of politics, writes Harry McGee

Callely pleads guilty to making bogus phone expense claim

Former junior minister faced charges over expenses for handsets and equipment

The Public Accounts Committee needs to know its limits on the penalty points saga

Expenditure oversight body only muddying the water in an already murky debacle

Final arguments made in appeal against Callely decision

Seanad Committee appealing upholding of former senator’s challenge to expense findings

Date set for Callely trial over alleged bogus phone expense claims

Former junior minister faces six charges in relation to using invoices as false instruments

Date set for trial of former junior minister Ivor Callely

Former FF deputy faces six charges over alleged bogus mobile phone expenses claims

Callely to issue plea in fraud trial in October

Former minister of state accused of making bogus mobile phone expense claims

Callely consents to €11 million judgment

Proceedings brought by Investec Bank against former Fianna Fáil TD over 2007 loan for property purchase

Callely returned for trial after book of evidence served

Charges relate to making false expense claims for phone equipment

Courts have 'no power' to overturn Callely findings

Lawyers for former Fianna Fáil minister cite separation of powers over Seanad findings

Supreme Court hears appeal by Seanad over Callely challenge

Decision overturning finding that former Senator mispresented his place of residence appealed

Callely to stand trial over bogus phone expenses court hears

Claims were submitted over a number of years under an Oireachtas scheme

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