Irish Examiner view: Taking pride in Irish-US relations

Micheál Martin may not be able to travel to Washington this year for the St Patrick's Day ceremony, but Ireland will happily welcome Joe Biden in the not too distant future

Joe Biden has sent a letter to Glucksman Ireland House, the centre for Irish and Irish-American Studies at New York University.

US president Joe Biden has never made a secret of the pride he holds in his Irish heritage. Cynics, both here and in the US, may have thought that much of it was election campaigning but, as we have seen since he took office, the president says what he means and means what he says.

His latest statement of Irishness comes in the form of a letter to Glucksman Ireland House, the centre for Irish and Irish-American Studies at New York University, which hosted its annual gala virtually on Tuesday.