Taoiseach Micheál Martin should go to the White House on St Patrick’s Day, Mary Lou McDonald has said, but he should confront US president Donald Trump over his “dangerous” rhetoric on Gaza.

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Sinn Fein has defended its decision to boycott Washington DC for St Patrick’s Day amid criticism from political opponents across the island of Ireland. The party’s leadership, which normally travels to the US to mark the occasion every year,

Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald has written to the Ceann Comhairle calling on her to follow up formally with Taoiseach Micheál Martin, to have him withdraw a remark in the Dáil that she was telling lies. This follows heated exchanges earlier between them in a row about the housing crisis.

Mary Lou McDonald said they are taking“a principled stance against the threat of mass expulsion of the Palestinian people from Gaza”

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