Hopes High for Biden to visit Louth again in 2022
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Across the world supporters of Joe Biden have been celebrating the Democrat’s victory, with those plans kicked up a notch last Wednesday as he was formally sworn in as President of the United States.
Unfortunately plans for big events to mark the inauguration have been hampered by the current pandemic, but that hasn’t stopped the Louth County Council from marking the occasion in their own way as they look to honour their most famous son.
In leu of official events taking place, they remembered Biden by turning the fountain in the Market Square Dundalk red, white and blue and Fianna Fáil Councillor Emma Coffey was delighted they did so.
Joe Biden’s ancestral homes on the west and east coast of Ireland have celebrated his inauguration with champagne and cake while waving Irish and American flags.
The US president’s proud links to Ireland are well known and often spoken about by the Democrat.
He is seen by many as the most Irish American president to date, with his heritage tracing back to Ballina in Co Mayo and the Cooley Peninsula in Co Louth.
Many of his distant cousins toasted his swearing-in ceremony at the Capitol, marking a significant moment for Ireland’s native son.
Homes across both counties were decked out in the stars and stripes.
Joe Biden’s ancestral home towns in Ireland celebrated his inauguration with champagne and cake while waving Irish and American flags. The new US president, who has often spoken about his links to Ireland, traces his roots back to Co Mayo and Co Louth. Many of his distant cousins toasted his swearing-in ceremony, and homes across both counties were decked out in the stars and stripes. Mr Biden’s great great-grandfather James Finnegan left his.
“I admitted five patients from their homes. This is serious. People know it’s serious.”
Dr Swanick believes the highly infectious UK variant of the virus is responsible for the surge in cases in the area.
Over the past week three people in the area have died from Covid. More than 30 people are receiving treatment in the hospital, including up to five in ICU.
Local doctors and healthcare staff say they are in the midst of a crisis, the likes of which they have never seen.
The area has an incidence of 6,032 per 100,000, with 760 cases among the population of 12,600.
The latest data examines the 14-day incidence rate of Covid-19 up to last Monday, January 11. In the same period, 20 areas of the country had rates of over 2,000 per 100,000 people.