James Comey would welcome Dublin chance to sway Hillary Clinton's view

The controversial former FBI director James Comey has said he “feels badly” that Hillary Clinton sees him as the main reason she failed to win the US presidency.

Not so badly, though, that he wouldn’t try to persuade her otherwise.

Both he and Ms Clinton are in Dublin this weekend. Comey is in town to speak at the Irish Film Institute in Temple Bar as part of a promotional tour to plug his explosive political memoir, A Higher Loyalty, while the former secretary of state is in the city to receive an honorary doctorate from Trinity College.