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"Everybody is getting excited" preparations underway for Biden visit

Speculation is building about where President Biden plans on visiting while he is in Ireland. Mr Biden is expected to arrive around the 11th of April to mark the Good Friday Agreement. It is still unclear what his itinerary will involve but anticipation is building in his ancestral home of Ballina in Co Mayo and the Cooley Peninsula in Co Louth. Newstalk reporter Josh Crosbie went to Ballina to meet with excited locals and the President's relations.

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10.00 29 Mar 2023


"Everybody is getting excited" preparations underway for Biden visit


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Speculation is building about where President Biden plans on visiting while he is in Ireland.

Mr Biden is expected to arrive around the 11th of April to mark the Good Friday Agreement.

It is still unclear what his itinerary will involve but anticipation is building in his ancestral home of Ballina in Co Mayo and the Cooley Peninsula in Co Louth.

Newstalk reporter Josh Crosbie went to Ballina to meet with excited locals and the President's relations.


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