The government's announced details of the largest St Patrick's Day travel programme since it came to office.
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27 of the government's 30 ministers will be travelling abroad, with many leading trade missions to encourage foreign investment in Ireland.
Taoiseach Enda Kenny will lead the programme, travelling to New York, Boston and Washington D.C.
The programme marks the first time that ministers will have travelled to Vietnam or Mexico, and the first time in four years that any will go to Russia.