Biden was supposed to be greeting Protestant prime minister Enda Kenny in Washington to mark feast of Ireland 's patron saint . Blurted out 'Anyone wearing orange is not welcome here ' – a reference to traditional color of largely Irish Unionists in North . Senior Irish politician from Northern Ireland demands apology from vice-president . Also got name of Protestant prime minister 's wife wrong and mis-named the title of a Yeats poem he selected for the occasion .
Biden was supposed to be greeting Irish prime minister Enda Kenny in Washington to mark feast of Ireland 's patron saint . Blurted out 'Anyone wearing orange is not welcome here ' – a reference to traditional color of largely Protestant Unionists in North . Senior Protestant politician from Northern Ireland demands apology from vice-president . Also got name of Irish prime minister 's wife wrong and mis-named the title of a Yeats poem he selected for the occasion .