A Sligo Leitrim TD says calls on Politicians to boycott St. Patrick’s Day trips abroad would have a damaging impact on Ireland’s economy.
People Before profit are urging the Taoiseach not to visit the White House that day.
They claim US President Joe Biden has been rightly accused of arming Israel in the course of its genocide.
Fine Gael TD Frank as a former Junior Minister attended St Patrick Day celebrations overseas in the past.
Deputy Feighan says such opportunities to promote Irish interests abroad cannot be wasted.
