The former British foreign minister Boris Johnson delivered a speech at the Convention Centre in Dublin last month PAUL FAITH/AFP/GETTY IMAGESBoris Johnson, the former British foreign secretary, was paid more than €58,000 for a speech at a business conference in Dublin. The register of MPs’ financial interests shows that he received £51,277 (€58,349) from Pendulum Events and Training last month. The company was behind a motivational conference held in Dublin Convention Centre, where Mr Johnson gave a speech. Bookings for 2020 have diamond tickets priced at €2,750. The MP revealed at the event that he initially viewed the backstop proposal for the Irish border as “a convenient fiction”.

Source: The Times February 07, 2019 00:10 UTC