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In just a few weeks time, Sinn Féin’s leadership will be jetting off to the White House to celebrate St Patrick’s Day with US President Joe Biden. Every year, the US president hosts a reception marking Saint Patrick’s Day (17 March), where he poses with shamrocks beside leading Irish politicians embarrassingly blushing in his presence. But this year, Biden has been sued in federal court over his blanket support and complicity in Israel’s unfolding genocide in Gaza, which has killed more than 27,000 Palestinians. Palestinians have called on Irish political parties and leaders to boycott this ye…