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

Former speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi will receive the Sutherland Leadership Award at an event at University College Dublin

The former speaker of the US House of Representatives visited the US ambassador to Ireland.

The United States is gearing up for hugely important midterm elections on Tuesday, November 8th, and up to 25,000 people living in Ireland could be eligible to vote

During the visit, she will brief Governor Gavin Newsom, Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi, and a number of State and Congressional representative.