hello and welcome. president biden will address the irish parliament in dublin this afternoon, as he continues his visit to the island of ireland. today, he s expected to affirm the strong ties between the republic of ireland and the united states. our correspondent, charlotte gallagher, is in dublin. hello. take us through the day. it s reall hello. take us through the day. it s really back to business forjoe biden today, yesterday, he had some personal time, biden today, yesterday, he had some personaltime, ending biden today, yesterday, he had some personal time, ending the day in a pub chatting to locals, taking selfies, going to behind the bar at one point. today, it is diplomacy and politics and he is going to speak at the irish parliament, only be fourth us president to ever do that, he is going to meet the irish president at his official residence and they are going to plant a tree together. the final stop here in dublin is at dublin castle where he is going to have a
hello and welcome. president biden will address the irish parliament in dublin this afternoon, as he continues his visit to the island of ireland. today, he s expected to affirm the strong ties between the republic of ireland and the united states. our correspondent, charlotte gallagher, is in dublin. he is already here this morning, he is going to meet the irish president at his official residency. they are going to plant a tree together and then they will be in the city centre speaking to politicians at the irish parliament. only the fourth time a us president has been invited to do this so it is a huge honourforjoe biden who is incredibly proud of his irish roots. we saw yesterday he was meeting his family members and locals there and at times, to be honest, it looked like he was on holiday, he was having such a good time. let s see what he got up to. an irish homecoming for a us president. joe biden, who describes himself as a proud irish american, arrives in his ancestra
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motorcade that is making its way towards the irish president. let s bring in our correspondence, charlotte gallagher. a lot of pomp and ceremony. today, very much the formal part of this visit. yes. and ceremony. today, very much the formal part of this visit. formal part of this visit. yes, it is really back formal part of this visit. yes, it is really back to formal part of this visit. yes, it is really back to business - formal part of this visit. yes, it is really back to business for i formal part of this visit. yes, it | is really back to business forjoe is really back to business forjoe biden after spending last night in a pub, he was even behind the bar at one point. it looked like he was going to pull a pint of guinness. today he is meeting the president, michael d higgins, his wife, and also the deputy prime minister. he is at the official residence to meet joe biden. and rows of soldiers as well. it has all the hallmarks of a state visit. so they are going to b
biden is continuing his official visit to the republic of ireland. he is meeting the irish president, michael d higgins at his residence. he also held talks with the irish prime minister, those are going underway right now. this afternoon, president biden will become the fourth us president tojoin president biden will become the fourth us president to join a sitting of ireland s parliament. michael d higgins and present biden side the physical book. as the irish saying goes, your feet will bring you where your heart is. and then i say, it is an honour to return. i talk about returning to the home of my ancestors, to celebrate the things that bind ireland and the united states, i think the most irish of words used in my family was dignity. anyway, thank you all very much. i m not going home, i m staying here in this incredible place. all you american reporters, it is just like the white house, right? thank you. this is the scene live. a short distance from where those even