Ministers urged to discuss Gaza on St Patrick's Day trips

Calls have been made for Taoiseach Leo Varadkar to boycott his traditional trip to the White House in protest at the United States' continuing support of Israel

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar presenting US president Joe Biden with a bowl of Shamrock during a St Patrick's Day reception last year. File picture: Niall Carson/PA Wire

Green Party TDs and senators have written to the Taoiseach, Tánaiste, ministers and junior ministers urging them to raise the issue of Gaza on their St Patrick's Day trips.

The Cabinet and junior ministers will fly across the globe next month with 38 representatives heading to 86 cities in 48 countries during St Patrick's week.