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
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. let s take you live to dublin where presdeint biden is due to depart for the the official residence of president higgins, his irish counterpart. he will be departing shortly to address the irish parliament, only the fourth us president to do so. our correspondent, charlotte gallagher, is in dublin. charlotte 7 charlotte? it is a real day of diplomacy and business forjoe biden. yesterday afternoon, which was more about his personal ties, he was more about his personal ties, he was in the towns of carlingford and the local pub, chatting to people who lived there, taking selfies, making a speech. at times it really looked like he was on holiday, to be honest. he said at one point, i don t know why my ancestors left here, it is such a great place to be.
frequently quote irish poets. seamus heaney, for example. they are going to be having discussions. then they are going to be planting a tree together in the grounds of the residents, and that is being done by many us presidents before him like jfk, bill clinton. and then he is going to be bringing the peace bell. the peace bell is significant because it was unveiled in 2008 by the then president mary mcaleese, and it marks ten years of the good friday agreement. and now it is 25 years of the good friday agreement. and that is whyjoe biden has come to the island of ireland, so it is really significant that he is going to be ringing that bill today, marking 25 years of peace here. then it is off to the irish parliament later on today, and he is going to become the fourth us president to address irish politicians in the parliament, afterjfk, ronald reagan and bill clinton. so a huge honour forjoe biden, a man who often talks
the. a number of events that are planned for that visit before addressing both houses of the irish parliament a little later. joe blewitt is a distance relative ofjoe biden and hejoins us now from bal inna in county mayo where the president will be visiting tomorrow. i m a i m a third cousin to president biden. historically, he was a stonemason so he built bricks by hand and he saw the bricks to the cathedral which was being built at the time. they are in the cathedral and that is how he raised money to bring his family to america. find i bring his family to america. and i susect bring his family to america. and i suspect over bring his family to america. and i suspect over recent bring his family to america. and i suspect over recent days - bring his family to america. and i suspect over recent days you - bring his family to america. and i suspect over recent days you have been very busy, either talking to people, attending events. and i know
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 be going in