Varadkar upstaged in New York by Lowry and Bono

Last Sunday morning, I boarded an Aer Lingus flight from Dublin to New York’s JFK airport.

I was in economy class, but had a view of who was boarding after me.

I knew Taoiseach Leo Varadkar would be on the flight, as was his team. We were all heading to New York for the Government’s official launch of its bid to secure a seat on the United Nations Security Council in 2021.