Offaly TD Defends Election Spend

John Clendennen is defending being one of the biggest spenders in the country on his election campaign.

An Offaly TD is standing by his decision spend over €30,000 of his own money to secure a seat in last year's general election.

New figures from the Journal.ie show John Clendennen's campaign was among the biggest spenders in the country.

His election outlay totalled €35,000, with Fine Gael contributing just 4.8% of that budget.

Mr Clendennen secured his seat on the seventh count in Offaly, beating Sinn Fein's Aoife Masterson by just 116 votes.

He says it was money well spent:

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