Taoiseach downplays gala dinner protest by evangelical Christian family - Micheal Martin said the Burke family’s attempt to enter the floor of the Ireland Funds event was ‘regrettable’.

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said the Ireland Funds gala dinner in Washington DC last night was not significantly disrupted by the Burke family's protest at the event.

Martina, Ammi and Isaac Burke gate crashed the dinner that was being held in the National Building Museum on Thursday evening.

Members of a high-profile evangelical Christian family from Ireland have disrupted a gala dinner in Washington DC attended by Irish premier Micheal Martin. Three members of the Burke family were intercepted by security personnel and police as they entered the floor of the Ireland Funds dinner.

The controversial Burke family, who have been protesting outside the White House this week, crashed the The Ireland Funds gala dinner in Washington DC on Thursday night

Members of the evangelical Burke family were dragged out of a gala dinner in the US after they broke into the event to accost the Taoiseach. Enoch Burke was jailed for contempt of court after he was ordered to stay away from Wilson’s Hospital School in the midlands;