{"id":6120,"date":"2019-03-08T11:16:23","date_gmt":"2019-03-08T16:16:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=6120"},"modified":"2019-03-11T08:17:27","modified_gmt":"2019-03-11T13:17:27","slug":"president-trump-to-host-taoiseach-at-white-house-next-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=6120","title":{"rendered":"President Trump to Host Taoiseach at White House Next Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2.35600315.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6121\" srcset=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2.35600315.jpg 600w, https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2.35600315-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>US President Donald Trump will host Taoiseach Leo Varadkar at the White House next week to celebrate St Patrick\u2019s Day.<\/p>\n<p>The White House says the two are to discuss how to strengthen relations between the United States and Ireland, enhance economic and people-to-people ties and maintain progress achieved by the Good Friday Agreement.<\/p>\n<p>The 1998 agreement set in place a historic powersharing assembly that took over some of the decision-making powers from London.<\/p>\n<p>The agreement also reduced the UK military\u2019s operations in Northern Ireland.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, the Taoiseach will participate in the annual shamrock ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>St Patrick\u2019s Day this year is on a Sunday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-6120\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=6120&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-6120\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=6120&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-google-plus-1\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-google-6120\" class=\"share-google-plus-1 sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=6120&amp;share=google-plus-1\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Google+\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=6120\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to print (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US President Donald Trump will host Taoiseach Leo Varadkar at the White House next week to celebrate St Patrick\u2019s Day. 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