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Cate McCurry

Taoiseach has ‘duty to protect’ Irish jobs as he defends trip to Washington DC

Taosieach Micheal Martin said he has a duty to protect Irish jobs and workers as he defended plans to travel to Washington DC to meet with the US President as part of the St Patrick’s Day events (PA) - (PA Archive)

Taoiseach Micheal Martin said he has a duty to protect Irish jobs and workers as he defended plans to travel to Washington DC to meet with the US president as part of the St Patrick’s Day events.

Describing the economic relationship between Ireland and the US as “extremely significant”, Mr Martin said it is worth around one trillion euro, with some 220,000 jobs nationwide connected to US companies.

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