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Biden visit costs An Garda Siochana €31m

RedFM News
RedFM News

07:48 9 Aug 2023


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US President Joe Biden's visit to Ireland cost an Garda Síochána €31m.

A freedom of information request released to the Irish Times shows the security operation involved two thousand Garda members, and cost €18m more than initially estimated.

The costs included overtime for Gardaí which came to over 22 million, and 'unsocial hour allowances' which came to €1.87m.

In a statement issued to the paper, Gardaí say a larger police presence and security operation was needed, when compared with Donald Trump's visit in 2019, due to the number of locations Mr.Biden visited.


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