US president praises Ireland for record in accepting Ukrainian refugees

Joe Biden said that it “feels so good” to have a relationship between the US and Ireland that grows “stronger and stronger”. Picture: Maxwells 

US president Joe Biden has lauded Ireland for its record in accepting Ukrainian refugees and said that Ireland and America’s “values and concerns are the same”.

During a brief conversation with Taoiseach Leo Varadkar ahead of a bilateral meeting between the pair at Farmleigh House in Dublin’s Phoenix Park, Mr Biden said that it “feels so good” to have a relationship between the US and Ireland that grows “stronger and stronger”.