Department spent over €1m on St Patrick's Day events at Irish embassies and consulates

The biggest spend came for an event at Ireland’s Permanent Mission to the UN in New York City, costing a total of €59,800

(Left to right) The Taoiseach's wife Mary O'Shea, US President Donald Trump and Taoiseach Micheál Martin at the St Patrick's Day reception in the White House in March. In total, seven senior ministers travelled to the US last March, with the Taoiseach having visited Texas and Washington DC, while the Tánaiste travelled to Philadelphia and New York. File photo: Mandel Ngan/AFP

More than €1m was spent on hosting St Patrick's Day-related events at Irish embassies and consulates around the world, new figures from the Department of Foreign Affairs have shown.

The data provided to the Irish Examiner through Freedom of Information shows how a total of €1,096,493 was spent on hosting 569 St Patrick's Day events across the world.