today it s back to business in dublin, meeting the irish president and then speaking in the parliament. he s only the fourth us president to be invited to do so. then he s on the road again, meeting his cousins in county mayo, where us flags are already flying high. while his trip may be a symbolic and diplomatic one, it s also a personal one. charlotte gallagher, bbc news, dublin. let s stay with that theme and the personal side of the strip. it is very much personal, isn t it? yes, and he looked so relaxed yesterday, it almost looked like he was on his holidays. it is very rare that you see the world s most powerful man probably standing behind a bar, chatting to locals, and the weather yesterday was absolutely horrendous,
kilometres off the coast, and that is likely to continue again for about 24 hours until it breaks down to a category one and passes a view remote indigenous communities. michelle, thank you very much. i apologise forjumping in. an update on the cyclone heading its way. we are going to take you to dublin. and the official residence of the president, peter higgins. and he will be meeting the irish president as part of his trip to northern ireland, and also the island of ireland. this is the official residence. and just to confirm if president biden has actually entered. we are actually waiting for that. but this is where that is going to take place. it has been described as one of the more formal
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 ancestral home of county louth. coming here, it feels like coming home. it really does. the way every time i ve come the welcome from the people on the streets, they re so gracious to us. he flew into dublin from belfast on air force one and was greeted by the irish prime minister, leo varadkar. then on to carlingford and dundalk. cheering. despite the rain, crowds lined the streets to welcome one of the world s most powerful men. today it s back to business in dublin, meeting the irish president and then speaking in the parliament. he s only the fourth us president
despite the rain, crowds lined the streets to welcome one of the world s most powerful men. it s just been fantastic. like, its really put us on the map and it s been brilliant for the people of the town. it s great to see joe biden coming to our village here. i mean, welcoming home a president of the united states. who would have ever thought that we would be doing this? so it s been a real privilege to be part of that. today it s back to business in dublin, meeting the irish president and then speaking in the parliament. he s only the fourth us president to be invited to do so. then he s on the road again, meeting his cousins in county mayo, where us flags are already flying high. while his trip may be a symbolic and diplomatic one, it s also a personal one. charlotte gallagher, bbc news, dublin. charlotte s in dublin for us this morning. this visit now very much a mix of
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