Taoiseach 'is feeling well and continuing with his work in Washington' today
Political Correspondent Christina Finn reporting from the United States.
“In fact, he commented on how his parents in particular loved their visit to Ireland which his family organised some years back, and he has a great empathy with us and a great sense of what we are about, and very fond memories of those occasions when he’s been to Ireland, but particularly with his families in Mayo and Louth,” he said.
During his visit, he also held a bilateral meeting with the then Taoiseach Leo Varadkar at Shannon Airport. On Tuesday night, Martin appeared at a Tourism Ireland event where he declared that the island was once again open for international visitors as the tourism industry recovers from the devastating impact of the pandemic, before watching a performance of one of the country’s most famous exports, Riverdance.
The main build-up to the celebrations for the patron saint began on Wednesday night with the glittering 1,000 US dollars-a-head Ireland Funds Gala dinner in the magnificent setting of the US capital’s National Building Museum. She was due to present Martin with an award, but when the time came for him to ascend to the stage, Pelosi seemed to stumble over her words, cryptically indicating that the Taoiseach was not available to accept the accolade as he “is on call as one of the leaders in the world”.
It quickly became clear that the bilateral meeting between the president and Taoiseach and the historic shamrock presentation would have to be carried out virtually once again. #Open journalism No news is bad news Support The Journal Your contributions will help us continue to deliver the stories that are important to youThe Taoiseach may not have made it to the prestigious Oval Office, but one Irish sports star did make it in to meet President Biden.
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