US relationship with Ireland getting ‘stronger and stronger’, Joe Biden says, before speech to Irish parliament – politics live

US relationship with Ireland getting ‘stronger and stronger’, Biden says

Lisa O’Carroll

At a brief meeting with the taoiseach, Leo Varadkar, ahead of a speech to the Irish parliament, Joe Biden praised the “emerging stronger and stronger relationship” with Ireland.

This is an observation that will not be lost on his critics in the UK – including the former Democratic Unionist party leader, Arlene Foster – who have claimed the US president is anti-British, something his senior aides…