Loophole That Could Let a 'Secret Millionaire' Pay Bills for Aras Candidates ; Once an Eight-Week Time Limit Is Up, They Don't Have to Declare Who Gives Them a Donation, or How Much [Eire Region Edition 2]

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FAILED Presidential candidates could have their debts paid by a rich benefactor without ever having to publicly declare it, the Irish Mail on Sunday can reveal.

A major loophole in funding Presidential campaigns has been discovered, meaning donations received eight weeks after the race has ended never have to be made public.

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Loophole That Could Let a 'Secret Millionaire' Pay Bills for Aras Candidates ; Once an Eight-Week Time Limit Is Up, They Don't Have to Declare Who Gives Them a Donation, or How Much [Eire Region Edition 2]

It means that a candidate who could have run up hundreds of thousands of euro in losses could have his or her debts paid off.

A number of the candidates from t...

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