Biden to come to Ireland next month

As far as The Republic is concerned it'll be a quick revisit to Carlingford and Whitestown then home again. It doesn't bother or excite me either way. No harm in it.

RTE coverage similar to UK coverage of a Royal baby or wedding.

A bit cringey.

Well the good thing is the secret service won't put up with any shite from the lads with the drones around Dublin Airport when Joe is around. If they so much as spin a propeller they will find themselves being waterboarded at some site that doesn't exist in a country they never heard of.

Ah, don't tell me, he's related to the Burkes. I will be good publicity for the country, soft power.

There is a throwback. I waited for Reagan when he visited UCG in Galway. His limo went past like greased lightning with his hand (could have been anyone) sticking out of the top of the black glass waving. Such an anti-climax for all of us kids at the time.

Only concern for Biden arriving is the sheer cost to the state of that visit.

Biden just standing outside the DUP head office every day until they accept the protocol.

Poor Leo must feel like sloppy seconds when sunak has already invited him

Sunak looked fair awkward in that clearly preplanned invitation. Sounded like a virgin asking for a feel of a nipple.

When the POTUS comes calling it's a big deal for any country.

When he is visiting the homeland of his forbears it's a really special occasion.

I hope he enjoys his stay.

You wouldn't buy the advertising in the US for that price, both from a tourism and business aspect. Gotta spend money to make money.

That’s true Fr, Biden is a genuine Irish American and has talked about it for many years.

All the petrol stations in Mayo will be fighting for the naming rights.

Well his mother's a finnegan and Boyle his connections are fairly straight line 2 generations back to cooley in louth on one side and mayo on the other. You could argue the family were more practising typical irish music stories and pastimes than the Kennedys tbh.

Andrew Jackson was the irish president followed by Reagan.

No point in a border poll for the foreseeable. Even a sizeable proportion of Catholics in the North don't want unification.