St Patrick's Day: Limerick to send 18 council delegates to US despite last year's bar tab furore

Limerick City and County Council came in for criticism after 2024 visit costing $60,000, including a $440 bar bill

One Limerick delegation will visit New York City for the St Patrick’s Day festivities, another will be in Rockaway Beach, New York, and a third will visit Savannah, Georgia. Picture: Niall Carson/PA Wire

Limerick councillors will fly to New York and Georgia to wet the shamrock on St Patrick’s Day, a year after their last US visit sparked controversy over the cost of the trip.

Last year, one of the three delegations which travelled ran up a tab of $440 (€419) in a New York bar.