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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ve much he is making the speeches. thank you very much indeed. lynne kelleher is an irish journalist and author of the green and white house, which looks at the relationships between american presidents and ireland. she s in limerick, ireland. welcome to the programme. how far back to these relations go? goad back to these relations go? good morninu. back to these relations go? good morning- they back to these relations go? good morning- they go back to these relations go? good morning. they go back back to these relations go? good morning. they go back as - back to these relations go? good morning. they go back as far - back to these relations go? (emf. morning. they go back as far as andrew jackson, morning. they go back as far as andrewjackson, so he would have been the seventh president of the united states. his parents, his parents were both irish and the new james pope, the 46 us president have irish links, some as close as parents or grandparents and some might be five g