Members of a high-profile evangelical Christian family from Ireland have disrupted a gala dinner in Washington DC attended by Taoiseach Micheál Martin.

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.

Micheál Martin defended the security arrangements in place at a gala in Washington and the quick action taken by personnel when the family of Enoch Burke crashed the event. The Taoiseach was at the Ireland Funds Gala dinner when the controversial Mayo family stormed the event on Thursday night.

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;