Enda Kenny to travel Stateside for series of 1916 events

Taoiseach Enda Kenny will travel to the US today for a series of high-profile 1916 commemoration events designed to place fresh focus on how the Easter Rising affected Irish people on the other side of the Atlantic.

Mr Kenny will fly to Washington DC this morning for a two-day visit which is also expected to involve backroom discussions about a potential visit to Ireland by US vice-president Joe Biden next month.

The events — which were organised last September — have been scheduled to honour and remember those who took part in the Easter Rising 100 years ago.