Kenny added that there's a standing invitation for the president and first lady Michelle Obama to visit Ireland, even if Obama's schedule precludes him from stopping there as part of his trip to the upcoming G8 meeting of leading industrial nations, which is scheduled for June in neighboring Northern Ireland.

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And, of course, there is a standing open invitation to President Obama to come back to Ireland whenever is convenient and appropriate and when he so wishes.

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