Clare mayor pays for NY trip

THE mayor of Clare Cllr Christy Curtin is financing his own costs of representing the county for a week-long St Patrick’s Day trip to New York.

Although part of the official Clare Co Council delegation, the independent councillor yesterday confirmed he was financing his own trip.

Speaking from New York, Mr Curtin said: “I believe it is right and proper in these austere times that I should pay for the trip myself.”