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US PRESIDENT JOE Biden is expected to visit Ireland for five days next month.
Officials in the Republic here are planning to welcome the US President on 12 April, and it is being reported that he is due in Belfast on Tuesday 11 April.
Biden is due to travel to both the Republic and Northern Ireland next month to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement, which is being marked on Easter Monday 10 April.
According to the most recent plans, Irish and US officials are currently making arrangements for the President to visit the Republic between Wednesday 12 April and Saturday 15 April.
As The Journal reported at the weekend, gardaí have been informed that no further leave or rest days will be granted between 10 and 15 April as part of plans to facilitate the visit by Biden.
Officials from the US State Department visited Ireland and met with hoteliers earlier this month and with members of An Garda Síochána in recent weeks.
Sources have said the garda meetings centred around security preparations with one of the meetings specifically around close protection of US dignitaries.
Earlier this month, Biden confirmed that he would be visiting and said this week that the increased terror threat level in Northern Ireland would not impact his visit, telling reporters “they can’t keep me out”.
'They can't keep me out.'
— UTV Live News (@UTVNews) March 29, 2023
US President Joe Biden says the raising of Northern Ireland's terror threat level won't affect his plans to visit the region.
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Former US President Bill Clinton and Chancellor of Queen’s University Hillary Clinton will also visit Northern Ireland to mark the 25th anniversary of the GFA.
The Clintons are due to take part in an international conference at Queen’s University, which will reflect on how the agreement was initially reached in 1998.
The three-day conference begins the following week, on 17 April.
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Ireland has an excellent relationship with the USA. It’s very beneficial to continue to work on this. A presidential visit is a bit of a circus but it’s better than never getting a visit.
@Paulco: have to admit for a country of our size getting a visit for4/5 days we should take that as a compliment putting us on the world stage.
@Paulco:
sit .. stay .. roll over
Irelands relationship with the USA
He should be grand going through the airports if he forgets his passport or boarding card
@Stevie Doran: Boooooorrrriiiiiing
Not every day a US President visits a country for 4 days. Wish him a very pleasant stay. Great for tourism the economy as well
When and where is the anti-war protest for this visit? I’ll be going along to that.
@Ordinary Bloke: outside the Russian embassy hopefully?
@Ordinary Bloke: Why don’t you organise one?
@Gavin Conran: he’s like so many here, all whinge no action and thinking that whinging on thejournal will fix everything.
How much will that cost…probably build a few houses for the homeless…..grrrrr
@Jacqui Curtis-owens: how much will it gain in foreign investment?. This is a win win for ireland
@Paddy Ryan: I think she was being sarcastic,like the usual moaners on here be giving out cause the government of Ireland done something.
@Jacqui Curtis-owens: how many of them homeless would take a job on a building site?
MayBe Ryan will give a go of his bike….
@Don Hegarty: Weak, you can do better Don
@Don Hegarty: Ryan should condemn this fella for his recent approval of oil exploration in the gulf of Mexico. Contrary to his ore election promise
Joe Biden is the most corrupt politician to ever set foot in the White House. He didn’t win the election, there’s no chance he secured 81million votes and more of the African American demographic than Obama did. The big guy is owned and gift wrapped for the CCP and justice is coming for sleepy Joe
@SteveH: Christ.
@SteveH: Ah lad, you forgot to use caps lock. You’ll know better time
@SteveH: you are onto something here. His recent approval of gas exploration in the gulf of Mexico is suspicious.
Welcome Mr President. I’m looking forward to you and your party’s visit. It’s, yet again, something of a payback for the millions of us who went to your country.
Biden their time for his arrival
JOE BIDEN
“you cannot go to a 7-Eleven or a Dunkin’ Donuts unless you have a slight Indian accent.”
That’s your family heritage he is slagging off Leo
@GreenFlag:
Misleading
Biden was at a fundraiser in June 2006. Footage shows that Biden made this remark after shaking hands with a man and talking about his support from the Indian-American community.
The full quote reads: “I’ve had a great relationship. In Delaware, the largest growth in population is Indian-Americans moving from India. You cannot go to a 7-Eleven or a Dunkin’ Donuts unless you have a slight Indian accent. I’m not joking.” Biden continued to say the “30% of the CEOs in Silicon Valley are Indian-American”.
On the matter, a spokesperson told NBC that Biden was pointing out “that there has been a vibrant Indian-American community in Delaware for decades.”
@ForrestG45: Yeah go back and look at the backlash he got over that from the Indian community. Would you like me to put up some more quotes from him. I will no problem
@GreenFlag: I would love more misleading quotes or the usual misinformation that you regularly post. This is really the highlight of my day. Please please. Encore.
@ForrestG45: Joe Biden
“Folks , I can tell you I’ve known eight presidents
Three of them intimately”
Hahahahahaha
@GreenFlag: “I may be Irish but I am not stupid”
Thanks for that joe
@GreenFlag: “Unlike the African American community with notable exceptions the Latino community is incredibly diverse with incredibly different attitudes about different things”
Joe biden
What do you think he meant by that?
Hahahahaha
Great. More convoys of 4x4s around the city. And the environment is our fault.
When is Putin paying us a visit??
@Gerry Dornan: Good question,ask him him.
@Gerry Dornan: if putin landed here, he would be arrested for war crimes and then the Russians would declare war on Ireland and nuke us.
@Liam Preston:
we condemn putin but we helped W Bush via shannon airport
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