Doonbeg: Ireland paid Trump resort E100k to host police protecting him
Source: The Guardian
Ireland paid Trump resort 100k to host police protecting him
Ethics campaigners raise concerns over bill for US presidents visit in June
Ben Quinn
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Sun 29 Sep 2019 13.39 BST
Last modified on Sun 29 Sep 2019 17.55 BST
Donald Trumps resort on the west coast of Ireland was paid 100,000 (£89,000) by the Irish state to provide food to police officers protecting the US president during a two-night visit this year, it has emerged.
The Trump-owned hotel and golf course at Doonbeg received the largest slice of a bill for accommodation and food that came to more than 900,000. The expenditure covered police deployed across County Clare in June.
Trumps visit to Doonbeg was his first since he was elected president in 2016 and involved about 3,820 members of the Irish police service, the Garda Síochána, working overtime at a cost of 7.49m.
The Trump Organization bought the resort, which has fairways designed by the Australian golfer Greg Norman, in 2014. It has spent 40m, including the purchase price, on expanding and upgrading facilities that include a spa, restaurants and cottages. Trump has visited six times, calling the resort terrific and incredible.
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