Kenny and Gilmore head for celebrations in US

THE GOVERNMENT jet carrying Taoiseach Enda Kenny and Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore to the US for St Patrick’s Day events was due to land at Andrews Air Force base early this morning.

The high point of Mr Kenny’s stay in Washington will be a meeting in the Oval Office with President Barack Obama tomorrow and the White House reception in the evening. The Taoiseach is also expected to meet US treasury secretary Timothy Geithner, a central figure in the US economy, this afternoon.

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