Elaine Loughlin: Our relationship with the US needs to change

Both administrations will always stress that the relationship has long been based on shared value, but it’s strategically handy for the US to have a small island in its pocket, writes Elaine Loughlin

US president Joe Biden talked to Taoiseach Simon Harris about political stability in the North and cybersecurity on the call. Picture: Alex Brandon/AP

We need to stop fooling ourselves into thinking we have a special relationship with the US, Joe Biden’s phone call with the Taoiseach shows it’s an unrequited infatuation.

Mr Biden may love to regale gatherings with the same folksy anecdotes about his Finnegan and Blewitt cousins, but the low-level priority given to engaging on a political level shows where we really stand.