A Donegal county councillor who appeared in a recent RTÉ Investigates programme has been ordered to pay a compensation order after a court heard how he dined in expensive Dublin restaurants and spent lavishly on clothing.
Independent Cllr John ODonnell said his good name had been ruined as he defended a decision to stop paying money to a woman he drove over 16 years ago.
Cllr ODonnells finances were laid bare at Letterkenny District Civil Court where the politician again claimed to have millions of euro of debts.
Petra Kucklick, a German native from Mill Cottage, Rooskey, Creeslough, sued ODonnell for an outstanding 33,000 debt from a personal injury …
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