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Joe Kennedy praises ‘Leo the Radical’ during Boston visit

Source: PA Wire

Leo Varadkar is a “radical” who transformed Ireland, the US economic envoy to Northern Ireland has said.

Mr Varadkar is on a week-long visit to the US where he will meet President Joe Biden in Washington after first exploring Ireland’s economic and cultural ties to Boston.

The Irish leader met Joe Kennedy III, the grandnephew of US President , in Boston on Monday.

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