Paul Hosford: Paddy’s Day trips have more value than their price tags

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar with Hillary Clinton at the ‘Women at the Helm’ conference in Washington, DC, during his visit to the US for St Patrick’s Day. Approximately €250,000 has been spent on ministerial trips abroad this St Patrick’s Day. Pictures: Niall Carson/PA Wire

Is it worth it?

The question that abounds this week every year as ministers, their advisers, and civil servants leave our shores for St Patrick’s Day trips abroad.