Enda Kenny’s trip to Davos cost €10,000

It cost the State almost €6,000 to put the Taoiseach and his party up in Davos for only two nights last month.

Showing there are no cut-price hotel deals available in the Swiss playground for the rich and famous during the annual World Economic Forum, the Department of the Taoiseach has confirmed the accommodation bill was€5,883 or €2,941 per night.

Five officials and one security officer accompanied Mr Kenny.