The expected appointment of US special envoy Joe Kennedy to NI has been warmly welcomed by business leaders and by Bertie Ahern. BBCSundayPolsNI
Joe Kennedy III is part of one of the most famous families in American politics.
Former taoiseach Bertie Ahern has welcomed the forthcoming announcement of a US special envoy to Northern Ireland."If Joe Biden can add weight [to foreign investment], it will certainly be a good appointment," he told BBC's Sunday Politics. "Concentrating for a number of years on the economic situation will help Northern Ireland," he added.
It is understood the role will see Mr Kennedy, who is the grandson of assassinated presidential candidate Robert Kennedy, focus on economic development and closer ties, and not political issues such as Brexit or the Northern Ireland Protocol. Mr Ahern said: "Joe Kennedy has always taken an interest in Northern Ireland - because of the circumstances where its cost base is very attractive for foreign direct investment, it has quality employees, it has a large amount of young graduates."
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