Martina Devlin: Taoiseach Micheál Martin’s failure to speak up for the EU in Oval Office may come back to bite us

"Who are you loyal to?" TD Mattie McGrath memorably asked in an Oireachtas media committee hearing. Ursula von der Leyen might be tempted to put the same question to Taoiseach Micheál Martin, who avoided any public expressions of allegiance towards the EU during the ritual St Patrick’s Day visit to Washington.

The Taoiseach focused on sidestepping anything to provoke thin-skinned Donald Trump, a fixed grin on his face and his mouth shut tight, even as the US president repeatedly strafed the EU.