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As President Joe Biden continues to fill out his administration the list of possible candidates for US Ambassador to the Vatican includes two leading Irish American Catholic.
Joe Biden is just the second Catholic president in the United States history. As the proud Irish American continues to line out his administration, including ambassadorial roles, two fellow Catholic Irish Americans are among the frontrunners.Â
Biden wears his Catholicism and Irish ancestry on his sleeve. In fact, the President proudly placed a photograph of him and Pope Francis on the table behind his desk in the Oval Office. While the relationship between the Vatican and the United States was once fraught since 1984 they have maintained formal diplomatic relations.
Dr. Gordon Joyce, a scientist from Co Galway, is leading a US Army project to develop a new COVID-19 vaccine that is currently undergoing clinical trials.
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A Tipperary horse trainer went viral on Saturday due to his fantastic reaction as he watched a horse he once owned win the prestigious English Grand National at Aintree.
John Nallen bought Minella Times in 2013 and trained the horse for a period before selling him to Irish businessman JP McManus.
The horse is now trained by renowned Irish trainer Henry de Bromhead and won a historic victory in a compelling race at Aintree on Saturday when Irish jockey Rachael Blackmore became the first woman to win the Grand National in its 182-year history.
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For John Nallen, Minella Times victory was a source of huge pride, even though he sold the horse several years ago.
National Pet Day: The cutest pets of St. Patrick s Day
Everyone dons a bit o green for St. Patrick s Day, even our pets!
Sheila Langan
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It s National Pet Day and we just couldn t resist showing off some of these green-clad animals from St. Patrick s Day.
This teddy bear dog dressed up as a leprechaun
Mar 16, 2017 at 1:30pm PDT
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Lucky Lorna!
A horse-sized leprechaun!
This micro pig very helpfully bringing you a pint in a shopping cart
It s not St Patrick s Day unless there s a pig pushing a trolley & a pint of Guinness while wearing a leprechaun hat. pic.twitter.com/bwlR4Ff3Mf