State Papers: Row between US and Ireland over hotel rooms for Reagan's Tipperary visit 

US president Ronald Reagan and his wife Nancy in Ballyporeen, Co. Tipperary, in June 1984.

A row broke out between Irish and US officials in advance of a visit to Ireland by US president Ronald Reagan in 1984 over the allocation of hotel rooms for his entourage.

US officials complained the Irish authorities were planning to accommodate Mr Reagan’s staff and travelling US media in 41 different hotels while on the president’s visit to his ancestral home in Ballyporeen, Co Tipperary.