Fáilte Ireland spends €160k on two credit cards for media trips

Fáilte Ireland also paid out another €2,465 to Sheedy’s Hotel in Lisdoonvarna for a separate trip organised to promote the tourist route along the western seaboard. File picture.

Fáilte Ireland charged over €160,000 on two credit cards to pay for holidays for foreign media in the space of 21 months.

The expenditure, which covered stays at some of Ireland’s best hotels including Waterford Castle and the Ice House Hotel, was part of around €900,000 that is spent in an average year entertaining journalists travelling from overseas.