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Varadkar Told an event in the US capital that he had worked in Congress during the last year of the Clinton presidency when "some parents would have had ...

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The Taoiseach's controversial comments about former US President Bill Clinton have put a shadow over his visit to the White House today.

A spokesperson for the Taoiseach said: “At the Washington Ireland Program event today the Taoiseach was reminiscing about his time in Washington DC as an intern 23 years ago. He told the crowd his internship year was the last of Bill Clinton’s tenure before going on to suggest it was a time when parents had to be worried for children who were interning on Capitol Hill. Taoiseach Leo Varadkar recalling he was an intern in Washington in the last year of Bill Clinton’s Presidency

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar's St Patrick's Day visit to Washington DC became engulfed in controversy last night after he made an ill-judged joke about former US.

He then said this was a time 'when some parents would have had cause for concern about what would happen to interns in Washington'. He apologises for any offence caused to anyone concerned.' 'I didn't contact Clare County Council, either verbally or in writing. His spokeswoman said: 'The Taoiseach was reminiscing about his time in Washington DC as an intern 23 years ago. Mr Varadkar continues his high profile visit to Washington today with a visit to the White House to meet President Joe Biden. The Taoiseach said that he was an intern in the White House in the last year of the Clinton presidency.

Irish leader referred to working in US politics around time of Bill Clinton's affair with intern.

Chuck Schumer, the Senate majority leader, said the DUP should “get to the people’s business, the business of power-sharing and self-governing”. The DUP leader, Sir Jeffrey Donaldson, rebuked Schumer, telling Sky: “I would urge the senator to read some history books. Reminiscing about his stint as a US House of Representatives intern in 2000, during the last year of Clinton’s presidency, Varadkar said it was a time “when some parents would have had cause for concern about what would happen to interns in Washington”.