Joe Biden and family bid farewell after friendly Irish visit

“The Bidens aren’t going home” — this was the joke from the folksy US Vice president at his last event of his six-day voyage of discovery in Ireland yesterday.

Joe Biden was guest of honour at a lunch held by Taoiseach Enda Kenny and his wife Fionnuala at the plush surroundings of Farmleigh in the Phoenix Park.

It has been noteworthy to see the genuine warmth between Biden and Kenny during the visit and the vice president made reference to their friendship yesterday, ahead of his journey home.