Oxford hotel stay for Irish delegation cost taxpayers €4,200

A single night's stay at a boutique Oxford hotel for Tánaiste Simon Harris and his delegation cost taxpayers nearly €4,200. The expenditure included a €563 room for Harris at the Old Parsonage Hotel, along with costs for Ireland's Ambassador to the UK and six public servants during a meeting with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer. The Department of Foreign Affairs cited high demand due to a European Political Community conference. The released records also revealed other expenses, including significant spending at the Paris embassy during the Rugby World Cup and Olympics, and various purchases at the London embassy.