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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 an ....
Think he is really going to emphasise the importance of those ties, the irish american bond, the number of people who have gone and forth over the centuries stop i mean, that shows with the number of presidents who have irish roots, john f kennedy was incredibly proud of his irish history and he came here in the 1960s. people still talk about that. there is an incredibly strong relationship between ireland and america. that is going to be the main focus of his speech. perhaps, talking about future opportunities for both countries. this will play really well at home forjoe biden with the community in america that identifies as irish american, around 30 million of them. if he does decide to run the presidential election in 2024 which is looking like he is going to, they are going to be a really important base for him at the ballot box. no doubt he is thinking about them as well when he is making the speeches. thank you ....