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Next week, the Taoiseach is due to present US president Donald Trump with the traditional bowl of shamrock. He may need to invoke the memory of his late father, Paddy ‘the Champ’ Martin, writes Donal O'Keeffe. 

Denzel Washington, Anna Wintour, and Jane Goodall were also honoured at the event

Staff at the Irish Embassy in Kyiv are "working from home" as tensions escalate between Ukraine and Russia

Simon Harris said he is ‘extraordinarily concerned’ about the escalating conflict in southern Lebanon.

Simon Harris is to call for an immediate ceasefire in the region at the European Council.

Simon Harris flew back from the US on Thursday.

Taoiseach Simon Harris has said the US and other countries should consider what more it can do to bring about a cessation of hostilities

Taoiseach Simon Harris is in Washington DC to meet US president Joe Biden.

Taoiseach Simon Harris said the situation in the south of Lebanon remains tense and dangerous.

Tánaiste Micheál Martin said he is briefing Government colleagues about the security situation in the Middle East on Tuesday.

Hurricane Milton has strengthened to a Category 5 storm as it heads towards a possible landfall in Florida on Wednesday.

It comes after former UK prime minister Boris Johnson wrote that Mr Biden had privately told him that he wasn’t really Irish.

Taoiseach Simon Harris will meet Joe Biden in Washington this month for an event to mark 100 years of diplomatic relations between Ireland and the US.

Simon Harris will undertake a number of engagements during his visit to Washington DC in October.

The risk of political violence in the United States is "very real" ahead of November's presidential election, according to a US national security expert

Between 25,000 and 35,000 people in Ireland are eligible to vote in the US presidential election, including an 83-year-old nun in Limerick

Former taoiseach Leo Varadkar is in Chicago for the Democratic National Convention, where he posed for a picture with former US House speaker Nancy Pelosi

The TV presenter from Lancashire said he ‘definitely feels a connection to Ireland’.

Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald attempted to present her party's new immigration policy, but the RTÉ interview raised more questions than answers

In an interview with BreakingNews.ie, Mr Mulhall said Donald Trump will still be the favourite, but that Ms Harris gives the Democratic Party a much better chance in the November vote

The Sinn Féin leader said Ireland owed the US president thanks for helping to ensure there was no hard border on the island

He is the 14th TD from the party who will stand down at the next election

Taoiseach Simon Harris said there has been an escalation in political violence.

'It's a mistake,' Zelenskiy says of Biden's Putin mix up

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Daniel Mulhall was the Irish Ambassador to the US from September 2017 to August 2022, for the majority of Mr Trump's presidency and a large portion of Mr Biden's term

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Minister for Finance Michael McGrath is set to be confirmed as Ireland's next EU Commissioner

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The ongoing humanitarian crisis in Gaza and the war in Ukraine were among the issues Taoiseach Simon Harris and US president Joe Biden discussed in a call on Monday night

Simon Harris said the opportunity to end the conflict in Gaza should not be missed.

The Tánaiste has said it is not appropriate for the US president to criticise the International Criminal Court

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Leo Varadkar said the Irish people are so deeply troubled by the death and destruction in Gaza because ‘we see our history in their eyes’.

Pro-Palestinian campaigners stage a ‘black shamrock’ demonstration around the Ha’Penny Bridge on Dublin’s River Liffey

So where did the traditions start? 

The US president also thanked the Taoiseach for Ireland's ‘unwavering assistance’ to Ukraine

US President Joe Biden singled out First Minister Michelle O’Neill and deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly for praise.

The US president and Taoiseach Leo Varadkar discussed Northern Ireland during a bilateral meeting at the White House.

Politicians visiting Washington DC for St Patrick’s Day have been urged to push for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas

On Friday, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar will meet US vice president Kamala Harris before a bilateral meeting with US president Joe Biden at the White House

The Taoiseach said Europe and the US would have a role to play in ‘building a Palestinian state’ after any truce

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar will travel to Washington DC for engagements marking St Patrick’s Day.

Discussions are expected to cover a broad agenda of issues including the wars in Gaza and Ukraine.

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The US vice president noted ‘the immense scale of suffering’.

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