Coveney optimistic about St Patrick’s Day White House visit despite pandemic

The tradition of the Taoiseach of the day presenting the US president with a bowl of shamrocks on St Patrick’s Day dates back to 1956.

The Foreign Affairs Minister has said he believes the traditional St Patrick’s Day visit to the White House by the Taoiseach will go ahead this year.

Simon Coveney said the Government would have to figure out a way of visiting the US safely, because of the global pandemic.