Taoiseach Leo Varadkar's partner Matt Barrett to meet US Vice President Mike Pence
Leo Varadkar has confirmed that his partner, Matt Barrett, will have breakfast with him and US Vice President Mike Pence in the morning.
The Taoiseach confirmed to Irish reporters in the US Chamber of Commerce in Washington DC that the invitation has been extended and accepted.However, the Vice President did say behind closed doors at this event to Mr Varadkar that his partner would be welcome this year. But it was not confirmed until now, with Mr Varadkar repeatedly unable to confirm if the invitation still stood when asked numerous times over the past few months.“He was able to get the time off work and make the journey so he will be taking up the invitation from Mike and Karen Pence to attend tomorrow.
“Karen can’t be there because she is in Abu Dhabi at the Special Olympics but the Pence family will be.”The Taoiseach is referring to his formal presentation of shamrock to Donald Trump on behalf of the Irish people. It is customary for a Taoiseach to have their partner on the stage as the presentation is made to the President and his partner.Our Irish Mirror Sports Page - which brings you all your Irish and UK sports news - can be found here.The Irish Mirror Twitter account is @IrishMirror while our sports page is @MirrorSportIE.
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