Irish Examiner View: Biden support for an open border is reassuring

President-elect Joe Biden. PIcture: AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster

If anyone was in any doubt about the US re-engaging with Irish politics, they should be reassured by the remarks of President-elect Joe Biden in which he stressed the importance of maintaining an open border in Ireland after Brexit.

Speaking to RTÉ’s Washington Correspondent Brian O’Donovan, he said: "I've talked with the British prime minister, I've talked with the Taoiseach, I've talked with others such as the French.