How Brexit is leading a resurgent Irish American influence in US politics

Northern Ireland looms even larger an issue for Brexit as US Irish Americans wield influence.

Observing the build up of Irish and Irish American energies in Washington DC in preparation for St Patrick’s Day in March, the Economist’s Lexington column marvelled that the Taoiseach is the only world leader guaranteed an annual meeting with the US president, writes Liam Kennedy.

As Ed Luce wrote in the FT: “No one who sampled Washington’s manic schedule of St Patrick’s day events … could miss the formidable display of Ireland’s influence.”