# Was the St Patrick's Day meeting with the Irish prime minister reported in the American Press?

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**Created:** [March 18, 2017, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-st-patricks-day-meeting-with-the-irish-prime-minister-reported-in-the-american-press/782468 "2017-03-18T04:58:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![Scathach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Scathach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scathach)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2017, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-st-patricks-day-meeting-with-the-irish-prime-minister-reported-in-the-american-press/782468/1 "2017-03-18T04:58:08Z")

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I ask this because a few Irish sites are writing articles about how Enda Kenny “lectured” Trump on his immigration policy. They also claim that American news sites are reporting that Kenny did a good speech that resonated with recent immigrants.

This is a mainly American site, so can I get a fact check on that?

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**Author:** ![slash2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@slash2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slash2k)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2017, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-st-patricks-day-meeting-with-the-irish-prime-minister-reported-in-the-american-press/782468/2 "2017-03-18T06:19:35Z")

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I haven’t seen it widely reported in the states (it has been overshadowed by the Merkel press conference), but yes, several major outlets have covered the meeting (which was actually on Thursday the 16th

[New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/16/us/politics/irish-st-patricks-enda-kenny-trump.html?_r=0)

[CNBC](http://www.cnbc.com/2017/03/17/irelands-prime-minister-calls-on-trump-to-support-illegal-irish-immigrants-as-he-unveils-referendum.html)

[jFox News](http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/03/16/trump-greets-irish-leader-at-white-house.html)

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**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2017, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-st-patricks-day-meeting-with-the-irish-prime-minister-reported-in-the-american-press/782468/3 "2017-03-18T06:52:30Z")

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I saw it covered on several news networks, as well as in several newspapers.

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**Post date:** [March 19, 2017, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-st-patricks-day-meeting-with-the-irish-prime-minister-reported-in-the-american-press/782468/4 "2017-03-19T03:18:50Z")

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I saw a photo of Paul Ryan, Trump and the Irish P.M. all wearing green ties. :rolleyes:

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**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2017, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-st-patricks-day-meeting-with-the-irish-prime-minister-reported-in-the-american-press/782468/5 "2017-03-19T07:41:42Z")

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Did Kenny really call Saint Patrick an immigrant though? Because shades of Ben Carson; Patrick was a slave.

My quick look suggests that US sources cannot competently give the proper phonetics for “taoiseach” though.

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**Author:** ![UDS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecae2f/32.png) [@UDS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UDS)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2017, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-st-patricks-day-meeting-with-the-irish-prime-minister-reported-in-the-american-press/782468/6 "2017-03-20T02:12:35Z")

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> [@thelurkinghorror](#):
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> Did Kenny really call Saint Patrick an immigrant though? Because shades of Ben Carson; Patrick was a slave.

Yes, but he escaped, and then many years later returned as a voluntary immigrant.