US President Joe Biden has declared “I’m at home” as he made an historic address to the Irish Parliament.
Mr Biden said he has returned to his ancestral home and his only wish was that he could stay longer.
In his speech to a joint sitting of the Oireachtas (both houses of the Irish parliament), he spoke of his pride in his Irish roots and support for the peace process in Northern Ireland.
He said the UK “should be working closer” with Ireland to support NI.
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President Biden praised the huge strides that have been taken since the signing of the Good Friday Agreement in 1998, which largely ended decades of violent conflict in Northern Ireland.
His address in Leinster House was one of a number of events scheduled during his visit on Thursday.
“People of Ireland, it’s so good to be back in Ireland,” he told the Oireachtas, making a remark in Irish which translated as: “I am home.”
Mr Biden went on to say that the United States was “shaped by Ireland”.
“The values that we share remain to this day – the core of our historic partnership between our people and our governments,” he said.
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“As nations, we have known hardship and division, but we have also found solace and sympathy in one and other.”
Mr Biden said he can define the US-Ireland relationship with just one word: “Possibilities”.
“There is nothing beyond our capacity if we work together. Now is the time to meet every challenge together,” he said.
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