Ratepayers will spend about $42,000 to send the mayor of a western Sydney council, its chief executive officer, two council officers and four youth delegates to Ireland to discuss developing Gaelic football facilities. Blacktown City Council, which is proposing a rate increase to address a range of financial challenges, will fly the eight delegates to Dublin to spend nine days with its sister city counterparts in Enniscorthy, County Wexford, in August to promote Blacktown and cultural exchange opportunities. The town of Enniscorthy in County Wexford, Ireland, where Blacktown City Council will visit in August. Alamy Stock Photo A council report detailed that the main purpose of the trip is to bring Gaelic football to Blacktown by securing funding to build three new sports fields. It said attending in-person would help strengthen relations and inform the planning of Gaelic Athletic Association infrastructure in Blacktown.…