Taoiseach in Covid isolation for 10 days after testing positive in US

The Taoiseach could now have to remain in America for 10 days, meaning he will miss a Covid remembrance ceremony this weekend and a meeting of EU leaders in Brussels next week.

The Taoiseach has been forced into Covid isolation for 10 days in the US after a dramatic 24 hours which saw him miss out on a meeting with President Joe Biden in the Oval Office.

Micheál Martin was escorted out of an Ireland Funds dinner in Washington on Wednesday night during the appetisers, when his PCR test came back positive, just hours before he was due to go the White House.