In his stop in Boston, the prime minister of Ireland used his platform to call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and additional aid for Ukraine. The Irish leader intends to deliver these messages to President Biden and Congressional leaders later this week.
Ireland’s Prime Minister Leo Varadkar addressed an audience at the JFK Library in Dorchester on Monday, March 11.
And so, it was not a surprise to see that Ireland’s Prime Minister Leo Varadkar made Boston his first stop on a week-long visit to the United States this week. On Monday evening, the Taoiseach— the Irish word for his office —addressed a dinner crowd of about 400 guests at Dorchester’s John F. Kennedy Library.
“We’re mindful of the challenge he set for us, to speak out against injustice without fear or favor,” Varadkar said before pivoting to the most urgent matter facing Ireland and other European leaders: the ongoing war of Russian aggression in Ukraine.
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