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| Joe Biden in Ireland: US president to address Irish parliament | Joe Biden in Ireland: US president to address Irish parliament |
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| President Biden at The Windsor with Tánaiste (Deputy PM) Micheál Martin in Dundalk, County Louth | President Biden at The Windsor with Tánaiste (Deputy PM) Micheál Martin in Dundalk, County Louth |
| The US President Joe Biden's visit to Ireland continues on Thursday with set-piece engagements, including an address to the Irish parliament. | The US President Joe Biden's visit to Ireland continues on Thursday with set-piece engagements, including an address to the Irish parliament. |
| He will spend most of the day in the company of leading Irish politicians and meet Irish President Michael D Higgins. | He will spend most of the day in the company of leading Irish politicians and meet Irish President Michael D Higgins. |
| His visit to the Republic of Ireland encompasses both the personal and the political. | His visit to the Republic of Ireland encompasses both the personal and the political. |
| On Wednesday evening it was all about the personal. | On Wednesday evening it was all about the personal. |
| President Biden visited both Dundalk and his ancestral roots in the town of Carlingford in County Louth. | President Biden visited both Dundalk and his ancestral roots in the town of Carlingford in County Louth. |
| Joe Biden celebrates family ties in pub on Ireland tour | Joe Biden celebrates family ties in pub on Ireland tour |
| Biden hails young people of NI on his Belfast visit | Biden hails young people of NI on his Belfast visit |
| Delicate diplomacy on show in Biden's Belfast trip | Delicate diplomacy on show in Biden's Belfast trip |
| Mr Biden met distant relatives in the Cooley Peninsula, where crowds lined the quayside as the presidential motorcade arrived. | Mr Biden met distant relatives in the Cooley Peninsula, where crowds lined the quayside as the presidential motorcade arrived. |
| Later in Dundalk, there were shouts of "welcome home, Joe" when Mr Biden arrived to address an audience at the town's Windsor Bar. | Later in Dundalk, there were shouts of "welcome home, Joe" when Mr Biden arrived to address an audience at the town's Windsor Bar. |
| There he said Irish people were the "only people in the world in my view who are actually nostalgic about the future". | There he said Irish people were the "only people in the world in my view who are actually nostalgic about the future". |
| President Biden took selfies with well-wishers who turned out in their thousands | President Biden took selfies with well-wishers who turned out in their thousands |
| On Thursday, President Biden will begin his working day with a visit to Áras an Uachtaráin, the home of the Irish president in Dublin's Phoenix Park. | On Thursday, President Biden will begin his working day with a visit to Áras an Uachtaráin, the home of the Irish president in Dublin's Phoenix Park. |
| While there he is expected to inspect a military guard of honour, plant an oak tree to mark the occasion, to sign the visitors' book and ring the Bell of Peace. | |
| It is unclear whether there will be a photo-opportunity involving the two men and President Higgins' popular and much-loved dogs Bród and Misneach. | It is unclear whether there will be a photo-opportunity involving the two men and President Higgins' popular and much-loved dogs Bród and Misneach. |
| A joint delegation attending the event will include Tánaiste (Irish deputy prime minister) Micheál Martin, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and former Irish football star Paul McGrath. | |
| Why Ireland is so important to Joe Biden | Why Ireland is so important to Joe Biden |
| Biden hails young people of NI on his Belfast visit | Biden hails young people of NI on his Belfast visit |
| Is Biden Northern Ireland trip a missed opportunity? | Is Biden Northern Ireland trip a missed opportunity? |
| Irish roots | Irish roots |
| Taoiseach Leo Varadkar met Joe Biden at Dublin Airport on Wednesday afternoon | Taoiseach Leo Varadkar met Joe Biden at Dublin Airport on Wednesday afternoon |
| Then President Biden is expected to travel the short distance to Farmleigh House where he will have a bilateral with the Taoiseach (Irish prime minister) Leo Varadkar before his next significant engagement - his address to both houses of the Oireachtas (Parliament) - the Dáil and the Seanad (Senate). | Then President Biden is expected to travel the short distance to Farmleigh House where he will have a bilateral with the Taoiseach (Irish prime minister) Leo Varadkar before his next significant engagement - his address to both houses of the Oireachtas (Parliament) - the Dáil and the Seanad (Senate). |
| To round off the day, Mr Biden will attend a banquet dinner in his honour at Dublin Castle. | |
| Members of the public lined the streets of Dundalk | Members of the public lined the streets of Dundalk |
| His speech is expected to emphasise both his pride in his Irish roots and American support for the Good Friday Agreement - which is 25 years old this week. | His speech is expected to emphasise both his pride in his Irish roots and American support for the Good Friday Agreement - which is 25 years old this week. |
| On Wednesday he met political leaders in Northern Ireland at the new Ulster University Belfast campus . | On Wednesday he met political leaders in Northern Ireland at the new Ulster University Belfast campus . |
| Mr Biden urged politicians to make a return to governing but praised them for their unity after the attempted murder of one of Northern Ireland's top detectives in February. | Mr Biden urged politicians to make a return to governing but praised them for their unity after the attempted murder of one of Northern Ireland's top detectives in February. |
| John Caldwell was shot several times by two gunmen in Omagh, County Tyrone. | John Caldwell was shot several times by two gunmen in Omagh, County Tyrone. |
| Northern Ireland has been without a power-sharing government since its second-largest party, the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), collapsed the Stormont executive over its opposition to the trade arrangements for Northern Ireland that resulted from the original Brexit deal between the UK and the EU. | Northern Ireland has been without a power-sharing government since its second-largest party, the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), collapsed the Stormont executive over its opposition to the trade arrangements for Northern Ireland that resulted from the original Brexit deal between the UK and the EU. |
| 'We call him a local' | |
| Eamonn Thornton met Joe Biden one of his last visits to Ireland | |
| Despite the rain, people lined the streets of Carlingford to welcome the US President back to Ireland - among them, distant relatives. | |
| Eamonn Thornton celebrates Mr Biden's Irish ancestry with "From Whitestown, County Louth to the White House, Washington," emblazoned on the back of his white van. | |
| "His Irishness has stood to him - he's a down-to-earth man," he told BBC's Good Morning Ulster programme. | |
| Mr Thornton met his relative, who he calls a local, during one of his last visits. | |
| "When he was here the last time, he just came in and welcomed everyone, very emotional having visited the grave of his great-great grandparents. | |
| "For him to be at the graveyard touching the headstone of his relations, who would ever have thought that would happen to a local?" | |
| Mr Thornton is convinced his relative is keen for another four years at the White House. | |
| "His age is against him, but he has the Irish spirit in him and that's as good as seven points on the football field." | |
| Joe Biden waves to members of the public in Dundalk | |
| After his Oireachtas address, President Biden will be the evening guest of honour at a state function in Dublin Castle, the former seat of British power in Ireland. | After his Oireachtas address, President Biden will be the evening guest of honour at a state function in Dublin Castle, the former seat of British power in Ireland. |
| On Friday, the US President is expected to travel to County Mayo where he will again explore his Irish ancestry. | On Friday, the US President is expected to travel to County Mayo where he will again explore his Irish ancestry. |
| Another great-great grandfather Edward Blewitt also left Ireland around the time of the famine. | Another great-great grandfather Edward Blewitt also left Ireland around the time of the famine. |
| While in the county the President, who is a Catholic, is also expected to visit shrine at Knock and to make an outdoor speech to people in Ballina before he ends his four day visit to the island. | While in the county the President, who is a Catholic, is also expected to visit shrine at Knock and to make an outdoor speech to people in Ballina before he ends his four day visit to the island. |
| A US genealogist who researched Mr Biden's lineage had estimated he is "roughly five-eighths" Irish. | A US genealogist who researched Mr Biden's lineage had estimated he is "roughly five-eighths" Irish. |
| His great-great grandfather Owen Finnegan left there for America in the late 1840s. | His great-great grandfather Owen Finnegan left there for America in the late 1840s. |
| Related Topics | Related Topics |
| Republic of Ireland | Republic of Ireland |
| Joe Biden | Joe Biden |