Pence's Doonbeg detour cost nearly $600k in ground transportation fees

[Ramsey Barner]

5. Oddly, the original report from CREW mentions Air Force 2, but doesn't mention helicopters:

His itinerary included flying into Shannon Airport on Monday, driving with a motorcade for roughly an hour to Doonbeg, staying overnight, driving to Shannon, flying cross country on Air Force Two (and back), driving for more than an hour back to stay at Doonbeg again, and then back to Shannon on Wednesday. With a schedule like that, it is no wonder the trip was so expensive. But did it have to be?

https://www.citizensforethics.org/mike-pence-doonbeg-cost-nearly-600k/

Apparently there were two Blackhawk helicopters:

Following formalities at Shannon Airport this afternoon, Mr Pence will be flown by helicopter to President Donald Trump’s hotel and golf resort in Doonbeg where security is also tight.

Two Blackhawk helicopters, flown into Shannon last Wednesday on board a C17 Globemaster III military transport plane, carried out a number of dry runs to the Doonbeg property and other locations over the weekend.

https://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/security-tight-in-clare-as-mike-pence-due-to-touch-down-in-shannon-947798.html