Foreign Affairs Minister believes Taoiseach should travel to Washington for St Patrick's Day

There's question-marks over whether Micheál Martin will meet Joe Biden at the White House this year due to Covid-19.

But Foreign Affairs Minister and Cork TD Simon Coveney says he believes it can be managed in a safe way:

"Foreign travel for St Patrick's Day this year will be very very restricted. My personal view is that the Taoiseach should of course go to Washington, I think that will be managed in a way that's safe but I think the access and the influence that Ireland has in Washington is something that is an extraordinary privilege"