Biden’s St. Patrick’s Day scrambled by Irish PM’s COVID case

Published March 17, 2022 2:13 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s plans to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day were scrambled Thursday after Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin tested positive for COVID-19.

Biden was supposed to host Martin for a day of festivities, but those events have been reimagined as the Irish leader isolates at Blair House across the street from the White House.

Martin sat out the annual “Friends of Ireland Luncheon” at the Capitol. Biden will go ahead with a White House reception planned for Thursday evening, but Martin will not attend.

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