Destinations of Mayo ministers for St. Patrick's Day celebrations revealed

Mayo government minister Dara Calleary will visit Canada for St. Patrick's Day celebrations in March, it has been confirmed.

Minister of State Alan Dillon has been selected to travel to Mexico and Guatemala Irish national day programme of visits.

All 15 cabinet and 23 junior ministers will be taking part in St. Patrick's Day trips abroad this year representing the Government.

In total, the government and other representatives of the State will visit 50 countries.

Eight ministers will go to the US at a time of turbulent EU-US relations.

Taoiseach Micheál Martin will travel to Washington where he is expected to visit President Donald Trump in the White House.

The Taoiseach will also go to Philadelphia.

Minister for Foreign Affairs Helen McEntee will go to Boston while Minister for Enterprise Peter Burke will visit New York.

Minister for Arts Patrick O'Donovan will travel to Atlanta and Savannah, Minister for Housing James Browne is scheduled to visit Chicago while Minister for Agriculture Martin Heydon will travel to San Francisco.

Other US trips include Minister for State Robert Troy going to Austin while Niamh Smyth will go to Miami.

Minister for Justice Jim O'Callaghan will visit Greece and Cyprus and Minister for Children Norma Foley will go to the Holy See.

Tánaiste Simon Harris is going to Paris and London, Minister for Transport Darragh O'Brien will travel to Brazil while Minister for Education Hildegarde Naughton is going to Chile and Argentina.

Other trips include Minister for Public Expenditure Jack Chambers visiting Senegal and Nigeria, Minister for Health Jennifer Carroll MacNeill going to Germany while Minister for Higher Education James Lawless is going to Australia.

Ceann Comhairle Verona Murphy will travel to Los Angeles while Attorney General Rossa Fanning is visiting India.