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I know that many people here are not fans of Joe Biden but the Irish are very happy with his election. While I think people can have their own views I would appreciate that this thread is not going to become a battleground for pro and anti Trump supporters. There are other threads for that on here.
Joe Biden is very proud of his Irish ancestry and has visited many time. He has already been invited to Ireland as President of the US.
Ireland has always had a close relationship with the US and now with Britain leaving the EU hopes to be a bridge between the US and the EU.
He was a founding member of the Friends of Ireland group, a cross-party body which dedicated itself to the delivery of peace in the North, along with Ted Kennedy and then speaker of the House of Representatives, Tip O'Neill.His quoting of the late Seamus Heaney’s The Cure at Troy following his election chimed around the world.
"This is our moment," Biden said, "to make hope and history rhyme."
He has used that phrase on several occasions.
https://www.irishexaminer.com/opinio...-40211201.html
‘Try and keep me out’: Biden officially invited to visit Ireland
Coveney says Covid-safe options for St Patrick’s Day visit to US being explored
US president Joe Biden said “try and keep me out” when officially invited to Ireland, Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said.
In an interview with CNN on Friday, in which Mr Martin discussed the possibility of becoming the first head of government to meet with the new president, he revealed that he had already asked him to come back to the home of his ancestors.https://www.irishtimes.com/news/irel...land-1.4465741“Both of us are very keen to cement that very historic relationship between the United States of America and Ireland which goes back through the ages now,” Mr Martin said.
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