The snub risks damaging long-standing relationships with key political figures in the US.
BBC News NI political editorDonald Trump attacked Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky earlier this week and has threatened to remove Palestinians from GazaSuch a snub risks damaging long-standing relationships with key political figures in the US.
Politically it will feel like the right thing to do given President Trump's previous threat to remove Palestinians from Gaza and attack on Ukraine this week. For many it was a step too far, even for those within the Democratic Unionist Party who had fully supported the new Trump administration. Trump's attacks came after Zelensky, reacting to US-Russia talks in Saudi Arabia from which Kyiv was excluded, said the US president was "living in a disinformation space" governed by Moscow.Both Michelle O'Neill and Mary Lou McDonald are boycotting St Patrick's Day celebrations at the White House
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