
UCD had the highest spend.
Seven Irish Universities have spent nearly €850,000 on business class trips across the globe since 2021.
Freedom of Information figures released to the Irish Examiner found UCD had the highest spend, at almost €444,000.
Trinity spent over €166,000 on business or first-class trips, University of Galway over 83,000, UL more than 52,000, nearly UCC 50,000, Maynooth over 39,000 and DCU more than €24,000.
The paper reports staff at Irish universities were flown to destinations which included Philadelphia, Dallas, Kuala Lumpur, Sydney and Hong Kong.