Councillors jet off to ‘broaden horizons’

THE six councillors and two senior officials from Limerick County Council who yesterday jetted off on a nine-day junket to China strenuously defended the visit.

When asked about the €32,000 cost to the taxpayer, Fine Gael’s Cllr Mary Harty said: “I suppose any quality project costs money in these days. You know the way these things are.”

Others spoke of “broadening horizons” and looking “beyond the half door.”