Taoiseach: Calls to scrap White House visit 'developed out of nothing on social media' 

Micheál Martin said no decision had made on traditional St Patrick's Day trip to Washington but any arrangement would be made in the context of the Covid situation

Taoiseach Micheál Martin insisted that no decisions have been made yet on whether he will travel to Washington next month but that whatever is agreed will be done in terms of what’s best in the wider context of the Covid-19 situation.

The Taoiseach has described mounting calls for him to scrap the annual St Patrick’s Day White House visit as a campaign which developed out of nothing on social media.

Micheál Martin insisted no decisions had been made yet on whether he will travel to Washington next month but that whatever is agreed will be done in terms of what’s best in the wider context of the Covid-19 situation.