Dinners, concerts and even some salmon. Now and again, a policeman's lot is not so unhappy.
The PSNI only introduced a register for the receipt of hospitality and gifts last April - years after many other public bodies. Entries for Chief Constable Sir Hugh Orde were kept from the start of 2005, in advance of the new policy taking effect.
There were four disclosed cases of Sir Hugh accepting hospitality from the private sector during the year. Three were for concerts at the Odyssey, courtesy of the centre itself, and the fourth was for a dinner from HP Ireland.
Two of Sir Hugh's Odyssey concert nights were just before Christmas - December 21 and December 23 - when Coldplay and Rod Stewart were in town.
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