Taxpayers are paying handsomely for a “secret” swimming pool that is barely used in government guesthouse ­Farmleigh.

Yolanda Evans Once the home of the famous Guinness family, Farmleigh was purchased in 1999 by the government to house visiting dignitaries. This lavish Edwardian estate is nestled on 78 acres that ...

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and I’ve tried to respond in kind,” said Harris after the pair walked around the gardens at Farmleigh House in Dublin, the Irish Government’s formal reception house for state visits.