US President Joe Biden has visited Ireland, starting his day with a visit to Áras an Uachtaráin, the home of the Irish president in Phoenix Park. He inspected a military guard of honour, signed the visitors’ book, planted an oak tree and rang the Bell of Peace, which was erected in 2008 to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement. Biden then visited both Dundalk and his ancestral roots in the town of Carlingford in County Louth. Later in Dundalk, there were shouts of “welcome home, Joe” when Mr Biden arrived to address an audience at the town’s Windsor Bar. Biden went on to travel to Farmleigh House and meet the Taoiseach (Irish prime minister) Leo Varadkar, before receiving a demonstration of Gaelic sports by young players, and addressing both houses of the Oireachtas – the Dáil and the Seanad (Senate). Biden’s visit comes to an end after traveling to County Mayo where he will explore his Irish ancestry.
