Letters to the Editor: State visit to US is a slap in the face

The Taoiseach Leo Varadkar is due to continue the tradition of presenting the US president with shamrock on St Patrick's Day. Picture: Niall Carson/PA Wire

I am writing as an Irish-born dual Irish and American citizen living in the US to express my profound disappointment at Taoiseach Leo Varadkar’s decision to continue the tradition of visiting the US president for St Patrick’s Day this year amidst the ongoing US-backed genocide of the Palestinian people. 

Varadkar claims this meeting represents an opportunity to share with President Biden the Irish perspective on the issue. This is a disingenuous excuse, and both the Irish and American public know it.