Averil Power Uses Oireachtas Service To Print 73,000 Calendars

Yesterday we brought you the story that Renua Leader Lucinda Creighton had accused an unnamed TD of printing 85,000 Christmas cards using the Oireachtas (tax-funded) printing services. It emerged later that the story wasn't true, and no such claims were made. However, RTÉ reported Senator Averil Power has used the services to print 73,000 calendars that were distributed to voters in her Dublin Bay North constituency.

My calendar has contact details for public services. I have never printed a single Christmas card in the Oireachtas. pic.twitter.com/BqiDc7FnrI

— Senator Averil Power (@averilpower) December 23, 2015

She spoke to the national broadcaster and said: "that she has never printed Christmas cards because they have no useful public information and the calendars she printed while personalised and including a picture of her, include local information and phone numbers and her contact details."

Regarding Averil Power's 73,000 calendars: https://t.co/PMhxd0kGuK — Gavan Reilly (@gavreilly) December 23, 2015

I need to get my hands on one of these Averil Power Calendars®. It's this year's Frozen doll

— Killian Woods (@killianwoods) December 23, 2015

If they are all delivered almost 1 in 20 Irish Households will get a 2016 calendar from Averil Power ..... — Alan Kinsella (@electionlit) December 23, 2015

Main Image via Twitter/@averilpower