President of the U.S.A Joe Biden, continued his three-day tour of Ireland, visiting Dublin today, where he met with the country’s president and prime minister shortly before addressing Parliament. Dinner will follow late at night at his castle. Dublin.

From Northern Ireland, where he yesterday urged party leaders to work together and form a government by promising significant US investment, Biden’s attention on one of his longest overseas trips has now been turned to celebrating the legacy of his ancestors. He enjoyed visiting County Louth, where his great-great-grandfather Owen Finnegan emigrated to the United States in 1849. Tomorrow Friday, he will be meeting with relatives from another branch of his family in County Mayo.

“It’s wonderful,” Biden said after meeting President Michael D. Higgins, when asked by reporters how he felt “at home.” “I know it sounds silly, but there are so many Irish Americans like my relatives who came to America in 1844, 45, 46 and never came back,” he added.

Jokingly, she said she did not want to return to Washington while she was in the “amazing” residence of the 80-year-old Higgins. “I won’t leave again!” he said after a warm welcome from the crowd that had gathered along the road leading to the presidential residence.

The President of Ireland has already welcomed Biden to the Presidential Palace twice, in 2016 and 2017.

Biden said that while signing the guest book, he remembered an Irish proverb that says “Your feet will take you where your heart is” and wrote that he was honored to return to his ancestral homeland to celebrate all that links Ireland. and Ireland. USA.

The President of the United States has planted an oak tree in the garden of the Presidential Palace and will watch a Gaelic sports demonstration after meeting with Prime Minister Leo Varadkar.

Joe Biden, who performed some of his duties in Dublin accompanied by son Hunter, sister Valerie and US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken.will be the person of honor at the official dinner given tonight at Dublin Castle. Previously, this honor was awarded to Queen Elizabeth II and US President John F. Kennedy.

This afternoon he will become the fourth US President (after Kennedy, Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton) to address the Irish Parliament.

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